It is not this way among you, but whoever wants to become prominent among you shall be your servant,

只是在你们中间，不可这样；你们中间谁愿为大，就必作你们的用人；

但是在你们中间，不可这样。你们中间谁愿为大，就要作你们的用人；

但是在你们中间，不可这样。你们中间谁愿为大，就要作你们的用人；

你们中间，谁要当首领，谁就要做大家的仆人；

但你们中间却不要这样；谁想在你们中间成为大的，就要作你们的仆役；

你们当中却不是这样；相反，谁想在你们当中为大，谁就该做你们的仆人；

只是在你們中間，不可這樣；你們中間誰願為大，就必作你們的用人；

但是在你們中間，不可這樣。你們中間誰願為大，就要作你們的用人；

但是在你們中間，不可這樣。你們中間誰願為大，就要作你們的用人；

你們中間，誰要當首領，誰就要做大家的僕人；

但你們中間卻不要這樣；誰想在你們中間成為大的，就要作你們的僕役；

你們中間並不是這樣：不，你們中間凡想要做大的，就該做你們的僕役；

你們當中卻不是這樣；相反，誰想在你們當中為大，誰就該做你們的僕人；

惟爾曹不然、爾中欲為大者、當為爾役、

爾曹不可、

惟爾曹則不可如此、爾中欲為大者、當為爾役、

爾等切莫如是、爾中孰願為尊、當為爾役；

Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Don’t be like that. Instead, anyone who wants to be important among you must be your servant.

It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,

But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,

It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.

Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

But it is not this way among you; rather, whoever wants to become prominent among you shall be your servant;

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

And sitting down, He called the twelve and* said to them,“ If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”

nor yet as domineering over those assigned to your care, but by proving to be examples to the flock.

I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other one; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Whoever speaks is to do so as one who is speaking actual words of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

But as for you, do not be called Rabbi; for only One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters.And do not call anyone on earth your father; for only One is your Father, He who is in heaven.And do not be called leaders; for only One is your Leader, that is, Christ.But the greatest of you shall be your servant.Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

Now He began telling a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,“ Whenever you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him,and the one who invited you both will come and say to you,‘ Give your place to this person,’ and then in disgrace you will proceed to occupy the last place.But whenever you are invited, go and take the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he will say to you,‘ Friend, move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are dining at the table with you.For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Then they themselves also will answer,‘ Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or as a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’

In your filthiness is outrageous sin. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have expended My wrath on you.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to provide service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.We are destroying arguments and all arrogance raised against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.You are looking at things as they are outwardly. If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ’s, have him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ’s, so too are we.For if I boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame,for I do not want to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.For they say,“ His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”

When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John as their helper.

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Jesus said,“ My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.” (niv)

May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus. (niv)

I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel. (niv)

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm. (niv)

Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. (niv)

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished. (niv)

Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people.Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. (niv)