Quotes About Servanthood

A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ëHave patience with me, and I will pay you back.í

It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.

For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes; and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.Ӓ

He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”

Remember the word that I spoke to you: ëNo servant is greater than his master.í If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”

As John was completing his course, he said, ëWho do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.í

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesusí sake.

Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.