Cross references
Matthew 20:27
and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—
Matthew 20:27 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 22:26 (7 votes) and Mark 9:33–35 (6 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Joshua 1 to 3 John 1.
Which verses does Matthew 20:27 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Luke 22:267 votes
But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
- Mark 9:33–356 votes
Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they were silent, for on the way they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest. …
- Matthew 18:44 votes
Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
- 2 Corinthians 4:54 votes
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
- Acts 20:34–353 votes
You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions. In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- Romans 1:143 votes
I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
- 1 Corinthians 9:19–232 votes
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law. …
- 2 Corinthians 11:51 vote
I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
- 2 Corinthians 11:23–271 vote
Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. …
- 2 Corinthians 12:151 vote
And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
Which verses point to Matthew 20:27?
The 10 strongest of 18.