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Matthew 23:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Matthew 23:11

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9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.

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

12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

13 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

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Matthew 20:26

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Mark 10:43

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"Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him."

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"Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven."

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"For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”"

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Matthew 23:1

"Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,"

Matthew 23:2

"saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat."

Matthew 23:3

"All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do."

Matthew 23:4

"For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them."

Matthew 23:5

"But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,"

Matthew 23:6

"and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,"

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