Matthew 20:28

WEB

²⁸even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

KJV

²⁸ Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

BSB

²⁸just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

FBV

²⁸In the same way, the Son of man didn't come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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Extra References

Luke 22:27

²⁷For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

Hebrews 9:28

²⁸so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

Titus 2:14

¹⁴who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

1 Peter 3:18

¹⁸Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

Philippians 2:4-8

⁴each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

⁵Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. ⁸And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.

1 Timothy 2:6

⁶who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony at the proper time,

Revelation 1:5

⁵and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

2 Corinthians 8:9

⁹For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

1 Peter 2:24

²⁴He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

Revelation 5:8-9

⁸Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. ⁹They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,