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Selected Verse: Matthew 23:11 - King James

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Mt 23:11 King James But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant--This plainly means, "shall show that he is so by becoming your servant"; as in Mat 20:27, compared with Mar 10:44.
 
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44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;