16 Bible Verses about Greatness Of Disciples

Just at that moment the disciples came up and asked Jesus, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

But they had nothing to say, for they had discussed with one another which of them was to be the greatest.

Now a controversy sprang up among them as to which of them might be the greatest.

There arose also among them a contention as to which one of them should rank as greatest.

Then He said to them, "Whoever welcomes this little child on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me is welcoming Him who sent me; for the one who is lowliest among you all is really great."

So then, whoever becomes as lowly as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven,

So He sat down and called the Twelve to Him and said, "If anyone wants to be the first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all."

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

Whoever is greatest among you must be your servant.

So they all continued to be utterly astounded at the greatness of God. Now while everybody was wondering at all that He was doing, He said to His disciples,

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.

Whoever, therefore, breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others so to do, will be ranked as least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices them and teaches others so to do, will be ranked as great in the kingdom of heaven.

"I solemnly say to you, of all men born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has ever appeared; and yet the one who is least important in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

"I tell you, of all men born of women there is not one greater than John; and yet the one who is of least importance in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

I most solemnly say to you, whoever perseveres in believing in me can himself do the things that I am doing; yes, he can do even greater things than I am doing, because I am going to the Father.

I have written briefly to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to be first among them, refuses to listen to me.