Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said: "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all, and servant of all."

But among you it is not so. No, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

And whoever wants to take the first place among you must be the servant of all;

At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants, to receive from them a share of the produce of the vintage;

A second time the owner sent a servant to them; this man, too, the tenants struck on the head, and insulted.

One of those who were standing by drew his sword, and struck at the High Priest's servant, and cut off his ear.