Parallel Verses
NET Bible
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."
A Conservative Version
Just as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
American Standard Version
even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Even so, the Son of man did not come to be served [by others] but to be the servant [of others], and to sacrifice His life as a ransom price to purchase many people [i.e., back from Satan]."
Anderson New Testament
even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Bible in Basic English
Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
Common New Testament
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Daniel Mace New Testament
as the son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for all.
Darby Translation
as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Godbey New Testament
as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many.
Goodspeed New Testament
just as the Son of Man has come not to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to ransom many others."
John Wesley New Testament
but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Julia Smith Translation
As the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul a ransom for many.
King James 2000
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Lexham Expanded Bible
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life [as] a ransom for many."
Modern King James verseion
even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Even as the son of man came, not to be ministered unto, but to minister: and to give his life for the redemption of many."
Moffatt New Testament
just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Montgomery New Testament
"just as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
New Heart English Bible
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Noyes New Testament
even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Sawyer New Testament
as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
The Emphasized Bible
Just as, the Son of Man, came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom instead of many.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Even as the Son of man came not to be waited upon, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Webster
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Weymouth New Testament
just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as the redemption-price for many."
Williams New Testament
just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."
World English Bible
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Worrell New Testament
even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His soul a ransom for many."
Worsley New Testament
as the Son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.
Youngs Literal Translation
even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
Themes
Atonement » Made by jesus » Redemption by
Christ » Appearing to his disciples other references to cures by » Mission of
The death of Christ » Acceptable, as a sacrifice to God
Christ, our example » Conformity to, required in » Ministering to others
Humility » They who have » Are greatest in Christ's kingdom
Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » Becoming a servant
Servants » Christ condescended to the office of
religious Work » Helpful various forms of, to which men are called » Christ's example of
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 20:28
Prayers for Matthew 20:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request By The Mother Of James And John
27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave -- 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." 29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed them.
Cross References
Hebrews 9:28
so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
1 Timothy 2:6
who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God's purpose at his appointed time.
Titus 2:14
He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
Matthew 26:28
for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 22:27
For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
John 10:15
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father -- and I lay down my life for the sheep.
1 Peter 1:18-19
You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed -- not by perishable things like silver or gold,
Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ -- the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood
Job 33:24
and if God is gracious to him and says, 'Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,'
Psalm 49:7
Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price
Isaiah 53:5
He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.
Isaiah 53:8
He was led away after an unjust trial -- but who even cared? Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded.
Isaiah 53:10-11
Though the Lord desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the Lord's purpose will be accomplished through him.
Daniel 9:24-26
"Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.
Matthew 8:20
Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
Mark 14:24
He said to them, "This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many.
John 11:50-52
You do not realize that it is more to your advantage to have one man die for the people than for the whole nation to perish."
John 13:4-17
he got up from the meal, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around himself.
Romans 3:24-26
But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Romans 4:25
He was given over because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of our justification.
Romans 5:15-19
But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many!
Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree")
Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
Ephesians 5:2
and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
Philippians 2:4-8
Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.
Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Hebrews 5:8
Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered.
1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
1 Peter 3:18
Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.
1 John 2:2
and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.
Revelation 5:8-9
and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints).