43 (A)Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

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(A)But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your [a]Teacher, [b]the Christ, and you are all brethren. Do not call anyone on earth your father; (B)for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. 10 And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ. 11 But (C)he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 (D)And whoever exalts himself will be [c]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be [d]exalted.

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  1. Matthew 23:8 Leader
  2. Matthew 23:8 NU omits the Christ
  3. Matthew 23:12 put down
  4. Matthew 23:12 lifted up

26 Yet (A)it shall not be so among you; but (B)whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. 27 (C)And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave—

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11 (A)For whoever exalts himself will be [a]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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35 And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, (A)“If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”

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And (A)do not be conformed to this world, but (B)be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may (C)prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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Submit to God, Resist the Devil

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, (A)all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for

(B)“God resists the proud,
But (C)gives grace to the humble.”

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

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48 and said to them, (A)“Whoever receives this little child in My name receives Me; and (B)whoever receives Me (C)receives Him who sent Me. (D)For he who is least among you all will be great.”

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Serving All Men

19 For though I am (A)free from all men, (B)I have made myself a servant to all, (C)that I might win the more; 20 and (D)to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the [a]law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 (E)to (F)those who are without law, as without law (G)(not being without [b]law toward God, but under [c]law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 (H)to the weak I became [d]as weak, that I might win the weak. (I)I have become all things to all men, (J)that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:20 NU adds though not being myself under the law
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU God’s law
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU Christ’s law
  4. 1 Corinthians 9:22 NU omits as

14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; (A)for everyone who exalts himself will be [a]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only (A)do not use liberty as an (B)opportunity for the flesh, but (C)through love serve one another.

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13 (A)You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. 14 (B)If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, (C)you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For (D)I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. 16 (E)Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. 17 (F)If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

Jesus Identifies His Betrayer(G)

18 “I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the (H)Scripture may be fulfilled, (I)‘He who eats [a]bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’

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  1. John 13:18 NU My bread has

36 (A)Jesus answered, (B)“My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”

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