Luke 22:27

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Luke 22:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible

25 So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.

26 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.

27 For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.

28 You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials.

29 And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,

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Luke 12:37

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

Luke 17:7

Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

Luke 17:8

Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?

Luke 17:9

Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told?

Matthew 20:28

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

John 13:5

After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.

John 13:6

He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”

John 13:7

Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

John 13:8

“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”

John 13:9

“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”

John 13:10

Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”

John 13:11

For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

John 13:12

When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?

John 13:13

You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.

John 13:14

So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.

John 13:15

I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.

John 13:16

Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

2 Corinthians 8:9

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

Philippians 2:7

but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

Philippians 2:8

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.