Matthew 23:11
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11 (A)The greatest among you shall be your servant.
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1 Corinthians 9:19
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19 For (A)though I am free from all, (B)I have made myself a servant to all, that I might (C)win more of them.
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Galatians 5:13
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13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. (A)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love (B)serve one another.
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John 13:14-15
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14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, (A)you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, (B)that you also should do just as I have done to you.
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Mark 10:43-44
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43 But (A)it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,[a] 44 and whoever would be first among you must be (B)slave[b] of all.
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- Mark 10:43 Greek diakonos
- Mark 10:44 Or bondservant, or servant (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
2 Corinthians 4:5
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5 For what (A)we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with (B)ourselves as your servants[a] for Jesus' sake.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:5 Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
Luke 22:26-27
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26 (A)But not so with you. Rather, let (B)the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. 27 For who is the greater, (C)one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But (D)I am among you as the one who serves.
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Philippians 2:5-8
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5 (A)Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 (B)who, though he was in (C)the form of God, did not count equality with God (D)a thing to be grasped,[b] 7 but (E)emptied himself, by taking the form of a (F)servant,[c] (G)being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by (H)becoming obedient to the point of death, (I)even death on a cross.
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- Philippians 2:5 Or which was also in Christ Jesus
- Philippians 2:6 Or a thing to be held on to for advantage
- Philippians 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
Matthew 20:26-27
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26 (A)It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,[a] 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,[b]
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- Matthew 20:26 Greek diakonos
- Matthew 20:27 Or bondservant, or servant (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
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