Matthew 20:27
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
KJV
καὶ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος ἔσται ὑμῶν δοῦλος·
Greek NT
et qui voluerit inter vos primus esse, erit vester servus.
Vulgate
and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:
ASV
And he that will be first among you shall be your servant.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πρῶτος
protos
adjective · 101×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἂν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἂν | RP: ἐὰν
- ἂν — SBLGNT
- ἂν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐὰν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἔσται | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔσται | RP: ἔστω
- ἔσται — SBLGNT
- ἔσται — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἔστω — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. But what is, Judging the twelve tribes of Israel? This is, condemning them. For they are not surely to sit as judges, but like as He said the Queen of the South should condemn that generation, and the Ninevites shall condemn them; so now these also. Therefore He said not, the nations, and the world, but the tribes of Israel. For since both the Jews alike and the apostles had…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 4:5 — For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
- Luke 22:26 — But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
- Mark 9:33 — And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
- Matt 18:4 — Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
- Ps 85:13 — Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.