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Luke 22:24-27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

24 [a]Then an argument broke out among them(A) about which of them should be regarded as the greatest. 25 [b](B)He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them and those in authority over them are addressed as ‘Benefactors’; 26 but among you it shall not be so. Rather, let the greatest among you be as the youngest, and the leader as the servant.(C) 27 For who is greater: the one seated at table or the one who serves? Is it not the one seated at table? I am among you as the one who serves.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:24–38 The Gospel of Luke presents a brief farewell discourse of Jesus; compare the lengthy farewell discourses and prayer in Jn 13–17.
  2. 22:25 ‘Benefactors’: this word occurs as a title of rulers in the Hellenistic world.
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