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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• 26{i}It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;{/i}
 27{i}and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;{/i} (Matt. 20:26‑27)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Matt. 20:26‑27• 26{i}It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;{/i}
 27{i}and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;{/i} (Matt. 20:26‑27)
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Mark 10:43‑44• 43But it is not so among you: but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your minister:
 44and whosoever would be first of you, shall be bondman of all. (Mark 10:43‑44)
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Luke 22:26‑27• 26But ye [shall] not [be] so; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serveth.
 27For which [is] greater, he that is at table, or he that serveth? [Is] not he that is at table? But I am among you as he that serveth. (Luke 22:26‑27)
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John 13:14‑15• 14If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet;
 15for I have given you an example, that even as I did to you, ye should also do. (John 13:14‑15)
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1 Cor. 9:19• 19For being free from all I made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most. (1 Cor. 9:19)
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2 Cor. 4:5• 5For not ourselves do we preach, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake, (2 Cor. 4:5)
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2 Cor. 11:23• 23Are they ministers of Christ? (Beside myself I speak) I above measure; in labours very abundantly, in prisons very abundantly, in stripes exceedingly, in deaths often. (2 Cor. 11:23)
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Gal. 5:13• 13For ye have been called for freedom, brethren: only [use] not your freedom for an opportunity to the flesh; but by love serve one another. (Gal. 5:13)
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Phil. 2:5‑8• 5For let this mind be in you which [was] also in Christ Jesus;
 6who, being in God's form, thought it not an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
 7but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, being come in men's likeness;
 8and being found in figure as a man, humbled himself, becoming 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.)