Verse Comparison: Matthew 20:26

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

Amplified® Bible
Not so shall it be among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,

Contemporary English Version
But don't act like them. If you want to be great, you must be the servant of all the others.

Darby English Version
It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;

Good News Bible
This, however, is not the way it shall be among you. If one of you wants to be great, you must be the servant of the rest;

International Standard Version
That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

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

New American Standard Bible
"It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,

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

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You should not behave this way, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall serve as a servant,

Young's Literal Translation
but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;


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