26 It shall not be so among you. ^sBut whoever would be great among you must be your servant,¹ 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,² 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to ^tserve, and to give his life as a ^uransom for many.”

2 shepherd the ^zflock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,^{1 a}not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;² not for shameful gain, but eagerly;