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Matthew 23

Matt. 23:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
i he that is greatest
meizon (Greek #3187)
larger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age)
KJV usage: elder, greater(-est), more.
Pronounce: mide'-zone
Origin: irregular comparative of 3173
among you
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
shall be
esomai (Greek #2071)
will be
KJV usage: shall (should) be (have), (shall) come (to pass), X may have, X fall, what would follow, X live long, X sojourn.
Pronounce: es'-om-ahee
Origin: future of 1510
your
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
servant
diakonos (Greek #1249)
an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess)
KJV usage: deacon, minister, servant.
Pronounce: dee-ak'-on-os
Origin: probably from an obsolete διάκω (to run on errands; compare 1377)
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Matt. 20:26‑27• 26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
 27And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: (Matt. 20:26‑27)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Matt. 20:26‑27• 26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
 27And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: (Matt. 20:26‑27)
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Mark 10:43‑44• 43But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
 44And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. (Mark 10:43‑44)
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Luke 22:26‑27• 26But 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.
 27For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. (Luke 22:26‑27)
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John 13:14‑15• 14If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
 15For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. (John 13:14‑15)
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1 Cor. 9:19• 19For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. (1 Cor. 9:19)
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2 Cor. 4:5• 5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. (2 Cor. 4:5)
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2 Cor. 11:23• 23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. (2 Cor. 11:23)
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Gal. 5:13• 13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (Gal. 5:13)
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Phil. 2:5‑8• 5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
 6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
 7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
 8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. (Phil. 2:5‑8)
• But the great moral principle of the kingdom (which is always true) is enforced here. (“Remarks on Matthew 23” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But the greateste of you shall be your servant.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "greater." see Note, ch. 18.1.

W. Kelly Translation

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But the greatest of you shall be your servant.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)