Bible Cross References
Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
Luke 14:7-11
7
So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them:
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"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him;
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"and he who invited you and him come and say to you, 'Give place to this man,' and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place.
10
"But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you.
11
"For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Luke 22:24-27
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Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest.
25
And He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called 'benefactors.'
26
"But not so [among] you; on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs 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 greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
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Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them,
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and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
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"Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5
"Whoever receives one little child like this 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, kneeling down and asking something from Him.
21
And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She said to Him, "Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom."
22
But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to Him, "We are able."
Matthew 23:6
"They love the best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
Matthew 23:7
"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 when He was in the house He asked them, "What was it you disputed among yourselves on the road?"
34
But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who [would be the] greatest.
35
And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."
36
Then He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them,
37
"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] more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
Romans 12:10
[Be] kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;
Galatians 5:20
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
Galatians 5:21
envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of 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 in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians 5:26
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Philippians 2:3
[Let] nothing [be done] through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Philippians 2:14
Do all things without complaining and disputing,
3 John 1:9
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us.