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Luke 22:26 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. "
Luke 22:26
Verse in Context
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24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
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Luke 22:1
"Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover."
Luke 22:2
"And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people."
Luke 22:3
"Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve."
Luke 22:4
"And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them."
Luke 22:5
"And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money."
Luke 22:6
"And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude."
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