Luke 22:27 Cross References

Luke 22:27

27: Normally the master sits at the table and is served by his servants. But not here! For I am your servant.

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."

There will be special favor for those who are ready and waiting for his return. I tell you, he himself will seat them, put on an apron, and serve them as they sit and eat!

and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel he had around him.
When he came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, "Lord, why are you going to wash my feet?"
Jesus replied, "You don't understand now why I am doing it; someday you will."
"No," Peter protested, "you will never wash my feet!" Jesus replied, "But if I don't wash you, you won't belong to me."
Simon Peter exclaimed, "Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet!"

He made himself nothing; he took the humble position of a slave and appeared in human form.
And in human form he obediently humbled himself even further by dying a criminal's death on a cross.

"When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, he doesn't just sit down and eat.
He must first prepare his master's meal and serve him his supper before eating his own.
And the servant is not even thanked, because he is merely doing what he is supposed to do.

You know how full of love and kindness our Lord Jesus Christ was. Though he was very rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.

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