26It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.


In Context

23 He said to them, |You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.|

24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

25 But Jesus summoned them, and said, |You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

26 It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.|

Matthew 20:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:26Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:26It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:26Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:26It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:26Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:26But it shall not be so among you: but whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:26but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:26But it shall not be so among you: but whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;