But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
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Interpretation
How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest, to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself to the death of the cross! In the way to eternal happiness, we must expect to be assaulted and sifted by Satan.