Matthew 20:27
and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave —
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- Luke 22:26 But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
- Mark 9:33–35 Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they were silent, for on the way they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest. Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”
- Matthew 18:4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.