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Matthew 20:27 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: "
Matthew 20:27
Verse in Context
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But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
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Matthew 20:1
"For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard."
Matthew 20:2
"And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard."
Matthew 20:3
"And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,"
Matthew 20:4
"And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way."
Matthew 20:5
"Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise."
Matthew 20:6
"And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?"
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