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Matthew 20:26
Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;
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Matthew 20:26 in other translations
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
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23 They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready.
24 And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were angry with the two brothers.
25 But Jesus said to them, You see that the rulers of the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.
26 Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;
27 And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:
28 Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
29 And when they were going out from Jericho, a great number went after him.
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