Luke 22:25

They that exercise the most arbitrary authority over them, have from their flatterers the vain title of benefactors.

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And He said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
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Mark 10:41-45 ; Matthew 20:25-28

²⁵ And he said unto them,The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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Luke 22:25