For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
Luke 12:37
'Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;
Luke 17:7-9
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'But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?
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but will not [rather] say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?
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Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.
Matthew 20:28
even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
John 13:5-16
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afterward he putteth water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which he was being girded.
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He cometh, therefore, unto Simon Peter, and that one saith to him, 'Sir, thou -- dost thou wash my feet?'
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Jesus answered and said to him, 'That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;'
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Peter saith to him, 'Thou mayest not wash my feet -- to the age.' Jesus answered him, 'If I may not wash thee, thou hast no part with me;'
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Simon Peter saith to him, 'Sir, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.'
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Jesus saith to him, 'He who hath been bathed hath no need save to wash his feet, but he is clean altogether; and ye are clean, but not all;'
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for he knew him who is delivering him up; because of this he said, 'Ye are not all clean.'
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When, therefore, he washed their feet, and took his garments, having reclined (at meat) again, he said to them, 'Do ye know what I have done to you?
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ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am;
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if then I did wash your feet -- the Lord and the Teacher -- ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
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'For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do;
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verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;
2 Corinthians 8:9
for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.
Philippians 2:7
but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made,
Philippians 2:8
and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death -- death even of a cross,