Matthew 23:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Matthew 23:11 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
John 13:14-15
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. …
Galatians 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Mark 10:43-44
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: …
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

Topics

Ambition Arrogance Conceit Consistency Creation Deacon Deceit Deception

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-12)

We find not Christ, in all his preaching, so severe upon any sort of people as upon these scribes and Pharisees; for the truth is, nothing is more directly opposite to the spirit of the gospel than the temper and practice of that generation of men, who were made up of pride, worldliness, and tyranny, under a cloak and pretence of religion; yet these were the idols and darlings of the people, who t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. 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 Mt 20:27, compared with Mr 10:44.