Matthew 20:28
ContextNET © | just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom 1 for many.” |
NIV © | just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." |
NASB © | just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." |
NLT © | For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give my life as a ransom for many." |
MSG © | That is what the Son of Man has done: He came to serve, not be served--and then to give away his life in exchange for the many who are held hostage." |
BBE © | Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men. |
NRSV © | just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many." |
NKJV © | "just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." |
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NET © | just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom 1 for many.” |
NET © Notes |
1 sn The Greek word for ransom (λύτρον, lutron) is found here and in Mark 10:45 and refers to the payment of a price in order to purchase the freedom of a slave. The idea of Jesus as the “ransom” is that he paid the price with his own life by standing in our place as a substitute, enduring the judgment that we deserved for sin. |