25 And Jesus having summoned them, said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and the great ones exercise authority over them.
26 Thus will it not be among you. But whoever wishes to become great among you, he will be your servant;
27 and whoever wishes to be first among you, he will be your slave—
28 even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Bible verses about "servanthood" | BLB
Matthew 20:25-28
Mark 10:42-45
42 And Jesus having called them near, says to them, “You know that those being accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43 But it shall not be thus among you. Instead, whoever desires to become great among you will be your servant,
44 and whoever desires to become first among you will be slave of all.
45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
1 Peter 2:16
16 as free, and not having the freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as servants of God.
John 12:26
26 If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
Colossians 3:17
17 And all, whatever you might do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Ephesians 5:21
21 Be submitting yourselves to one another in reverence of Christ:
John 13:1-38
1 Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved the own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
2 And supper taking place, the devil already having put into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot that he should betray Him,
3 knowing that the Father has given Him all things into the hands, and that He came forth from God and He is going to God,
4 He rises from the supper and lays aside the garments. And having taken a towel, He girded Himself.
5 After that, He pours water into the basin, and He began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.
6 Then He comes to Simon Peter, who says to Him, “Lord, do You wash my feet?”
7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I do, you do not know presently, but you will know after these things.”
8 Peter says to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet, to the age.” Jesus answered him, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”
9 Simon Peter says to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.”
10 Jesus says to him, “The one having been bathed has no need to wash, except the feet, but is wholly clean. And you all are clean, but not all.”
11 For He knew the one who was betraying Him; on account of this He said, “You are not all clean.”
12 Therefore when He had washed their feet and taken His garments, and having reclined again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?
13 You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say rightly, for so I am.
14 Therefore if I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash the feet of one another.
15 For I gave you a pattern, that as I did to you, you also should do.
16 Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor a messenger greater than the one having sent him.
17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
18 I speak not about all of you. I know whom I chose; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled: ‘The one eating My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
19 I am telling you from this time, before it comes to pass, so that when it comes to pass you should believe that I am He.
20 Truly, truly, I say to you, the one receiving whomever I shall send, receives Me; and the one receiving Me, receives the One having sent Me.”
21 Having said these things, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and He testified and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you that one of you will betray Me.”
22 The disciples began to look upon one another, being uncertain of whom He is speaking.
23 There was reclining one of His disciples whom Jesus loved in the bosom of Jesus.
24 Therefore Simon Peter motions to him, to ask who it is about whom He is speaking?
25 Then he thus having leaned on the breast of Jesus, says to Him, “Lord, who is it?”
26 Then Jesus answers, “It is he to whom I will dip the morsel and will give him.” Then having dipped the morsel, He takes it and gives it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot.
27 And after the morsel, then Satan entered into him. Therefore Jesus says to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
28 Now none of those reclining knew why He spoke this to him.
29 For some were thinking, since Judas had the money bag, that Jesus is saying to him, “Buy what things we have need of for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.
30 Therefore having received the morsel, he went out immediately. And it was night.
31 Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus says, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in Him.
32 If God is glorified in Him, God also will glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.
33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek Me, and as I said to the Jews, now I say also to you: ‘Where I go, you are not able to come.’
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you should love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.
35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love among one another.”
36 Simon Peter says to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I go, you are not able to follow Me now, but you will follow afterward.”
37 Peter says to Him, “Lord, why am I not able to follow You presently? I will lay down my life for You.”
38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow until you will deny Me three times.
Philippians 2:1-30
1 Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affections and compassions,
2 fulfill my joy so that you may be of the same mind, having the same love, united in soul, minding the same thing,
3 nothing according to self-interest or according to vain conceit, but in humility be esteeming one another surpassing themselves,
4 each considering not the things of themselves, but each also the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider to be equal with God something to be grasped,
7 but emptied Himself, having taken the form of a servant, having been made in the likeness of men.
8 And having been found in appearance as a man He humbled Himself, having become obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Therefore God also highly exalted Him, and granted to Him the name above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in the heavens and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Therefore my beloved, just as always you have obeyed, not only as in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For God is the One working in you both to will and to work according to His good pleasure.
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings,
15 so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God unblemished in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
16 holding forth the word of life unto a boast to me in the day of Christ that I did not run in vain nor toil in vain.
17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
18 And likewise you also be glad and rejoice with me.
19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be encouraged, having known the things concerning you.
20 For I have no one like-minded, who genuinely will care for the things relative to you.
21 For those all are seeking the things of themselves, not the things of Jesus Christ.
22 But you know his proven worth, that as a child with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
23 Therefore indeed I hope to send him immediately, when I shall have seen the things concerning me.
24 And I am persuaded in the Lord that I myself will also come soon.
25 Now I esteemed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need,
26 since he was longing after you all and being deeply distressed because you heard that he was ill.
27 And indeed he was sick, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not on him alone but also on me, that I should not have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly, that having seen him again, you may rejoice, and I might be less anxious.
29 Therefore, receive him in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,
30 because for the sake of the work of Christ he came near unto death, having disregarded his life so that he might fill up your deficit of service toward me.
Philippians 2:7
7 but emptied Himself, having taken the form of a servant, having been made in the likeness of men.
Luke 22:27
27 For who is greater, the one reclining or the one serving? Is not the one reclining? But I am in your midst as the One serving.