1 Just at that time the disciples came up and asked Jesus, "Who is really greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"
Matthew 18:1 Cross References - Goodspeed
Matthew 3:2
2 "Repent!" he said, "for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!"
Matthew 5:19-20
19 Anyone, therefore, who weakens one of the slightest of these commands, and teaches others to do so, will be ranked lowest in the Kingdom of Heaven; but anyone who observes them and teaches others to do so will be ranked high in the Kingdom of Heaven.
20 For I tell you that unless your uprightness is far superior to that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never even enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
Matthew 7:21
21 It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord! Lord!' who will get into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.
Matthew 20:20-28
20 Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came up to him with her sons, bowing low, to ask a favor of him.
21 He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Give orders that these two sons of mine sit one at your right and one at your left, when you are king!"
22 But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking for! Can you drink what I am going to drink?" They answered, "Yes, we can."
23 He said to them, "Then what I drink you shall drink, but as for sitting at my right or my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined by my Father."
24 When the other ten heard of this, they were very indignant at the two brothers.
25 But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the heathen lord it over them, and their great men tyrannize over them.
26 It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,
27 and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be your slave,
28 just as the Son of Man has come not to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to ransom many others."
Matthew 23:11
11 But he who is greatest among you must be your servant.
Mark 9:33-37
33 And they reached Capernaum. When he reached home, he asked them, "What was it that you were discussing on the way?"
34 But they made no answer, for on the way they had been discussing with one another which of them was the greatest.
35 And he sat down and called the Twelve in, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all."
36 And he took a child and made him stand among them, and he put his arms around him, and said to them,
37 "Whoever welcomes one child like this on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not me but him who has sent me."
Mark 10:14-15
Mark 10:35-45
35 And Zebedee's two sons, James and John, came up to him and said, "Master, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."
36 He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
37 They said to him, "Let us sit one at your right hand and one at your left, in your triumph."
38 Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking for. Can you drink what I am drinking, or undergo the baptism that I am undergoing?"
39 They said to him, "Yes, we can." Jesus said to them, "Then you shall drink what I am drinking, and you shall undergo the baptism that I am undergoing;
40 but as for sitting at my right or at my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined."
41 When the other ten heard of this they were at first very indignant at James and John.
42 And Jesus called them to him, and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule the heathen lord it over them, and their great men tyrannize over them;
43 but it is not to be so among you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,
44 and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be everybody's slave.
45 For the Son of Man himself has not come to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to free many others."
Luke 9:46-48
46 A discussion arose among them as to which of them would be the greatest.
47 But Jesus knew the question that was in their minds and he took a child and made him stand by his side,
48 and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes him who has sent me. For it is the lowliest among you all who is really great."
Luke 22:24-27
24 A dispute also arose among them, as to which one of them ought to be considered the greatest.
25 But he said to them, "The kings of the heathen lord it over them, and their authorities are given the title of Benefactor.
26 But you are not to do so, but whoever is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and the leader like a servant.
27 For which is greater, the man at the table, or the servant who waits on him? Is not the man at the table? Yet I am like a servant among you.
Romans 12:10
10 Be affectionate in your love for the brotherhood, eager to show one another honor,
Philippians 2:3
3 Do not act for selfish ends or from vanity, but modestly treat one another as your superiors.