Matthew 20:26-28

New International Version

²⁶Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,^(A) ²⁷and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— ²⁸just as the Son of Man^(B) did not come to be served, but to serve,^(C) and to give his life as a ransom^(D) for many.”

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Matthew 20:26-28

New Catholic Bible

²⁶This must not be so with you. Instead, whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, ²⁷and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your servant. ²⁸In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served but rather to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”^[a]

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Footnotes

Matthew 20:28 As the suffering Servant (Isa 53), Jesus has come to expiate the sins of all, offering the Father his own life as the price of the ransom, i.e., as the supreme expression of love.

Matthew 20:26-28

New King James Version

²⁶Yet ^(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— ²⁸^(D)just as the ^(E)Son of Man did not come to be served, ^(F)but to serve, and ^(G)to give His life a ransom ^(H)for many.”