Bible Cross References
Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
Luke 14:7-11
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So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the places of honor, saying to them:
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Whenever you are invited by someone to a wedding celebration, do not sit down in the place of honor, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him;
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and he who invited you and him shall come and say to you, 'Give place to this [man],' and then you begin with shame to take the last place.
10
But when you are invited, go and sit down in the last place, so that when he who invited you comes, he shall say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will have glory in the presence of those who recline with you.
11
For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."
Luke 22:24-27
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And there became also a dispute among them, [as to] which of them seemed to be greater.
25
But He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called 'benefactors.'
26
But you [shall] not [be] thus; but let the greatest among you, let him be as the youngest, and he who leads as he who serves.
27
For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves.
Matthew 18:1-5
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At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is [the] greater in the kingdom of heaven?"
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Then Jesus called a little child, and set him in their midst,
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and said, "Assuredly I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you shall by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.
5
And whoever receives one such little child in My name, receives Me.
Matthew 20:20-22
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Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Him with her sons, worshipping [Him], and asking something from Him.
21
And He said to her, "What do you desire?" She said to Him, "Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and one on Your left, in Your kingdom."
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But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup which I am about to drink, or to be baptized [with] the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to Him, "We are able."
Matthew 23:6
They love the first couch in the suppers, and the best seats in the synagogues,
Matthew 23:7
and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, 'Rabbi, Rabbi.'
Mark 9:33-37
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Then He came to Capernaum. And being in the house He asked them, "What were you disputing about with one another on the road?"
34
But they were silent, for on the road they had discussed with one another who [was] greater.
35
And having sat down He called the twelve, and said to them, "If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."
36
And taking a child, He stood him in their midst. And taking him in His arms, He said to them,
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whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me, but Him who sent Me."
Romans 12:3
For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself too highly, beyond what you should think, but to think soberly, as God has imparted to each one a measure of faith.
Romans 12:10
Be warmly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another;
Galatians 5:20
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,
Galatians 5:21
envies, murders, drinking bouts, revelries, and the like; which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:25
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
Galatians 5:26
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Philippians 2:3
doing nothing according to selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility, regarding one another as being better than yourselves.
Philippians 2:14
Do all things without grumbling and disputing,
3 John 1:9
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves the preeminence over them, does not receive us.