Matthew Chapter 20 verse 26 Holy Bible
Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;
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Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;
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It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;
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But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
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It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be{TR reads "let him be" instead of "shall be"} your servant.
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but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - It shall not be so among you. There is good authority for reading "is" instead of "shall be." The new order of things was already prepared. In Messiah's kingdom a contrary rule holds good. There the governors rule solely for the good of the flock, with no self-seeking, and serving no private interests. Whosoever will be (ο{ς ἐὰν θέλη... γενέσθαι: whosoever would fain become) great among you... minister (διάκονος). Taking for granted that there will be ranks and gradations of office in the Church, Christ lays down the rule that men become governors therein in order that they may serve their brethren, be the ministers of those who are subject to them. So the pope, in his official documents, with a verbally proper humility, terms himself, "Servus servorum Dei."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) Whosoever will be great.--Better, whosoever wisheth to be great. The man who was conscious, as the disciples were, of the promptings of ambition was at once to satisfy and purify them by finding his greatness in active service; not because that service leads to greatness of the type which natural ambition seeks for, but because it is in itself the truest and highest greatness.
