Matthew 23:11

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Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ.	But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.	And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But^G1161 he that is greatest^G3187 among you^G5216 shall be^G2071 your^G5216 servant^G1249.

Original Greek

ὁ δὲ μείζων ὑμῶν ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ὁ	ho	G3588	T-NSM	*
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	But
μείζων	meizōn	G3187	A-NSM-C	he that is greatest
ὑμῶν	humōn	G5216	P-2GP	among you
ἔσται	estai	G2071	V-FDI-3S	shall be
ὑμῶν	humōn	G5216	P-2GP	your
διάκονος.	diakonos	G1249	N-NSM	servant

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
G1249 — διάκονος (diákonos, dee-ak'-on-os): a waiter, servant, administrator — probably from an obsolete (to run on errands; compare διώκω); an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess):--deacon, minister, servant.
G2071 — ἔσομαι (ésomai, es'-om-ahee): future of εἰμί; will be:--shall (should) be (have), (shall) come (to pass), X may have, X fall, what would follow, X live long, X sojourn.
G3187 — μείζων (meízōn, mide'-zone): greater, greatest — irregular comparative of μέγας; larger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age):--elder, greater(-est), more.
G5216 — ὑμῶν (hymōn, hoo-mone'): genitive case of ὑμεῖς; of (from or concerning) you:--ye, you, your (own, -selves).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

Cross References

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: HONOUR-DISHONOUR
Torrey’s: AMBITION
Nave’s: DEACON, HYPOCRISY, MAN, MINISTER, Christian, PHARISEES, PRIDE, SATIRE, TEACHERS

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