OET interlinear MAT 20:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

οὐχ οὕτως ἔστιν

not thus (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐχ οὕτως ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν ἀλλʼ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος)

Here Jesus could be using the present tense to: (1) give a command or instruction. Alternate translation: “It should not be this way” or “Let it not be this way” (2) state how things work differently among his disciples. Alternate translation: “That is not how it is”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος & καὶ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος, ἔσται ὑμῶν δοῦλος

whoever ¬if /may_be/_wanting among you_all great /to/_become ˱he˲_will_be ˱of˲_you_all servant (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐχ οὕτως ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν ἀλλʼ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος)

These two sentences mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the sentences with a word other than and in order to show that the second sentence is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternatively, you could combine the two sentences Alternate translation: “whoever desires to become great among you will be your servant; indeed, whoever desires to be first among you will be your slave” or “whoever desires to become first or great among will you be your servant or slave”