Parallel Verses

Williams New Testament

Whoever is greatest among you must be your servant.

New American Standard Bible

But the greatest among you shall be your servant.

King James Version

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Holman Bible

The greatest among you will be your servant.

International Standard Version

The person who is greatest among you must be your servant.

A Conservative Version

But the greater of you will be your helper.

American Standard Version

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Amplified

But the greatest among you will be your servant.

An Understandable Version

But the greatest person among you will be your servant.

Anderson New Testament

And the greatest among you shall be your minister.

Bible in Basic English

But let the greatest among you be your servant.

Common New Testament

He who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Daniel Mace New Testament

he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Darby Translation

But the greatest of you shall be your servant.

Godbey New Testament

And the great of you shall be your deacon.

Goodspeed New Testament

But he who is greatest among you must be your servant.

John Wesley New Testament

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Julia Smith Translation

And the greater of you shall be your servant.

King James 2000

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the greatest among you will be your servant.

Modern King James verseion

But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that is greatest among you, shall be your servant.

Moffatt New Testament

He who is greatest among you must be your servant.

Montgomery New Testament

"Whoever is great among you shall be your minister;

NET Bible

The greatest among you will be your servant.

New Heart English Bible

But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

Noyes New Testament

But the greatest among you will be your servant.

Sawyer New Testament

But the greatest of you shall be your servant,

The Emphasized Bible

And, the greatest of you, shall be to you, a minister;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Twentieth Century New Testament

The man who would be the greatest among you must be your servant.

Webster

But he that is greatest among you, shall be your servant.

Weymouth New Testament

He who is the greatest among you shall be your servant;

World English Bible

But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

Worrell New Testament

But the greater of you shall be your minister.

Worsley New Testament

But let him that is greatest among you be your minister: and whosoever will exalt himself shall be abased,

Youngs Literal Translation

And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

he that is greatest
μείζων 
meizon 
Usage: 19

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

shall be
ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

References

Hastings

Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 23:11

Context Readings

Seven Woes Pronounced On The Scribes And Pharisees

10 And you must not be called 'leaders,' for you have only one Leader, and that is Christ. 11  Whoever is greatest among you must be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Cross References

Galatians 5:13

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; only you must not let your freedom be an excuse for the gratification of your lower nature, but in love be slaves to one another.

Matthew 20:26-27

It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

Mark 10:43-44

but this is not to be the case among you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

Luke 22:26-27

But you are not to do so. On the contrary, the greatest among you must be like the youngest and the leader as the servant.

John 13:14-15

If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another's feet.

1 Corinthians 9:19

Yes, indeed, though I am free from any human power, I have made myself a slave to everybody, to win as many as possible.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For I am not proclaiming myself but Christ Jesus as Lord, and myself a slave of yours for Jesus' sake.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they ministers of Christ? So am I. I am talking like a man that has gone crazy -- as such I am superior! -- serving Him with labors greater by far, with far more imprisonments, with floggings vastly worse, and often at the point of death.

Philippians 2:5-8

Keep on fostering the same disposition that Christ Jesus had.

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