Whosoever will be great. — Better, whosoever wisheth to be great. The man who was conscious, as the disciples were, of the promptings of ambition was at once to satisfy and purify them by finding his greatness in active service; not because that service leads to greatness of the type which natural ambition seeks for, but because it is in itself the truest and highest greatness.
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Matthew 20:26
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;