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Matthew 20:25 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. "

Matthew 20:25

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23 He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

25 But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

26 It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

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"In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”"

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"“‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.’"

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Matthew 20:1

"“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard."

Matthew 20:2

"When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard."

Matthew 20:3

"He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace."

Matthew 20:4

"He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way."

Matthew 20:5

"Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise."

Matthew 20:6

"About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’"

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