26But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.


In Context

23 They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.

24 Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.

25 Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.

26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.

27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

28 You are those who have stood by me in my trials.

Luke 22:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:26But 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:26But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is the leader, as he that serveth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:26But ye'shall not be'so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:26But ye shall not be thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:26But ye shall not be so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:26But 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:26But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:26but ye are not so, but he who is greater among you — let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:26But you 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 does serve.