Bible verse
So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.
Luke 22:25 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 22.
21 Look! The hand of My betrayer is with Mine on the table.
22 Indeed, the Son of Man will go as it has been determined, but woe to that man who betrays Him.”
23 Then they began to question among themselves which of them was going to do this.
24 A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them would be considered the greatest.
25 So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.
26 But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
27 For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
28 You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials.
29 And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,
KJV
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
ASV
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and they that have authority over them are called Benefactors.
ERV
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and they that have authority over them are called Benefactors.
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