Popular Bible Verses from Matthew 20

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It shall not be in this way among you. But whoever desires to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever desires to be first among you must be your slave, just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to offer His life a ransom for many.”

So the last will be first and the first last.” *

And, moved by compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him. 1 Greek of the heavens 1 Or landowner. So also v. 11 8 Or the owner of the vineyard 14 The independent clause I give is contextually supplied to the text for the purpose of clarification 16 Some ancient manuscripts insert at the end of the verse the statement For many are called, but few are chosen, likely as an effort to conform the reading to a parallel construction in 22:14 17 Some ancient manuscripts read His twelve disciples 21 Or grant 21 Or on. Used twice in this verse 22 Some ancient manuscripts insert at this point the passive construction and to be baptised with the baptism which I am baptised with, likely as a way of conforming the reading to a parallel in Mk. 10:38 23 Some ancient manuscripts insert the name Jesus at this point, so that it reads: He stated to them 23 Some ancient manuscripts insert at this point the passive construction [ and the ] baptism with which I am baptised, you will be baptised, likely as a way of conforming the reading to a parallel in Mk. 10:39 25 Greek the . Here, the Greek definite article functions pronominally, corresponding contextually to the English possessive their 30 Some ancient manuscripts read Lord, have mercy on us, while some others read Have mercy on us 33 The word grant is supplied to the text on contextual grounds for the purpose of clarification