A Mother’s Request
Matthew 20:27
In 9 translations
- BSB
- and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—
- KJV
- And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
- WEB
- Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
- ASV
- and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:
- LSV
- and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;
- YLT
- and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;
- DBY
- and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;
- DRC
- And he that will be first among you, shall be your servant.
- GNV
- And whosoeuer will be chiefe 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), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἂν (“maybe”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐὰν (“if”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔσται (“he will be”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἔστω (“he should be”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: ἂν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἂν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐὰν.
- SBLGNT: ἔσται. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔσται; Robinson–Pierpont read ἔστω.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος ἔσται ὑμῶν δοῦλος·
- RP2018
- καὶ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος, ἔστω ὑμῶν δοῦλος·
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος, ἔστω ὑμῶν δοῦλος·
- SCR1894
- και ος εαν θελη εν υμιν ειναι πρωτος εστω υμων δουλος
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 22:26But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
- Mark 9:33–35Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they were silent, for on the way they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest. Sitting…
- Matthew 18:4Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
- 2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
- Romans 1:14I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
- Acts 20:34–35You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions. In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the…
- 1 Corinthians 9:19–23Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though…
- 2 Corinthians 12:15And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
- 2 Corinthians 11:5I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
- 2 Corinthians 11:23–27Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death. Five times I received from the Jews…
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