Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,

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;

Williams New Testament

Whoever is greatest among you must 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,

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 nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director -- the Christ. 11 And the greater of you shall be your ministrant, 12 and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.


Cross References

Galatians 5:13

For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

Matthew 20:26-27

but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

Mark 10:43-44

but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,

Luke 22:26-27

but ye are not so, but he who is greater among you -- let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

John 13:14-15

if then I did wash your feet -- the Lord and the Teacher -- ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

1 Corinthians 9:19

for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;

2 Corinthians 4:5

for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;

2 Corinthians 11:23

ministrants of Christ are they? -- as beside myself I speak -- I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;

Philippians 2:5-8

For, let this mind be in you that is also in Christ Jesus,

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