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23 This got them debating among themselves about which one of them it might be who was going to do that 24 and it soon turned into a dispute between them about which one of them was the greatest,[ref] 25 so Yeshua said, “In other countries, the kings are the masters over the people and they call themselves ‘benefactors’ of those they have authority over. 26 But all of you shouldn’t be like that, but rather the greatest one of you should become like the youngest, and the one who leads you all should become like the servant.[ref] 27 Because who is greater: the one on the couch, or the one who’s serving? Isn’t it the one on the couch? But among all of you, I’m like the one serving[ref] 28 and you all are the ones who have stuck with me even in my trials.
29 “And I’m making an agreement with you (just like my father agreed that the kingdom would be mine), 30 so that you all will be able to eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you’ll sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Yisrael.[ref]
Mrk 9:34:
34 But they didn’t reply because while they were walking, they’d been talking about which of them is the best.[ref]
Mat 18:1:
18:1 Who is the greatest?
(Mark 9:33-37; Luke 9:46-48; 17:1-2)
18 Around that time, Yeshua’s apprentices approached him and asked him, “So who’ll be the greatest in the heavenly kingdom?”[ref]
Luk 9:46:
46 Then the apprentices got themselves into a discussion about which of them might hopefully be considered the greatest.[ref]
Mrk 9:35:
35 So Yeshua sat down and called the twelve of them and explained, “Anyone who wants to be at the top, has to be at the bottom and help all the others.”[ref]
Mat 23:11:
11 The most important person will be everyone’s servant,[ref]
Yhn 13:12-15:
12 So when he’d finished washing their feet, he got dressed again and sat down and asked, “Do you know what I just did to you all?[ref] 13 You call me teacher and master, and so you should, because I am. 14 So if the master and teacher of you all washed your feet, then you also ought to wash each other’s feet. 15 I have given this to you all as an example that you can also do to others.
Mat 19:28:
28 “I can assure you,” Yeshua told them, “that after the world is remade and the son of humanity sits down on his splendid throne, you apprentices who followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, ruling over Yisrael’s twelve tribes.[ref]
