A Mother’s Request
Matthew 20:26
In 9 translations
- BSB
- It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
- KJV
- But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
- WEB
- It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.TR reads “let him be” instead of “shall be”
- ASV
- Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;
- LSV
- but not so will it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your servant;
- YLT
- but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;
- DBY
- It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;
- DRC
- It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister:
- GNV
- But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἔσται (“will it be”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐστὶν (“it is”).
- NA28, NA27, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐὰν (“if”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἂν (“maybe”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ἔσται (“he will be”); Textus Receptus read ἔστω (“he should be”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include δέ (“now”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: ἔσται. Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔσται; Robinson–Pierpont read δέ ἔσται; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read ἐστὶν.
- SBLGNT: ἂν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read ἂν; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐὰν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- οὐχ οὕτως ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν· ἀλλʼ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος,
- RP2018
- Οὐχ οὕτως δὲ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν· ἀλλ’ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος·
- TR-Boyd
- Οὐχ οὕτω δὲ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν· ἀλλ᾿ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι ἔστω ὑμῶν διάκονος·
- SCR1894
- ουχ ουτως δε εσται εν υμιν αλλ ος εαν θελη εν υμιν μεγας γενεσθαι εστω υμων διακονος
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Cross-references most cited first
- Mark 10:43But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
- Mark 9:35Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”
- Mark 10:45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- 1 Peter 5:3not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
- Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- 1 Peter 4:11If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the…
- Luke 14:7–11When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable: “When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been…
- Matthew 23:8–12But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Nor are you to be called instructors,…
- Matthew 25:44And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
- 3 John 1:9–10I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction. So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he…
- 2 Corinthians 10:4–10The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take…
- Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- John 18:36Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”
- Philemon 1:13I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
- 2 Timothy 1:18May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.
- Acts 13:5When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.
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