Luke 9:46

An argument arises among the disciples about who is the greatest. Their pride stands in sharp contrast to Jesus' teaching on the cross.

Cross-references · 13

• Matt 18:1–5In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
• Matt 20:20–22Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
• Mark 9:33–37He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?”
• 3 Jn 1:9I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.
• Phil 2:3doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
• Matt 23:6–7and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
• Phil 2:14Do all things without murmurings and disputes,
• Gal 5:25–26If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.
• Luke 22:24–27There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.
• Luke 14:7–11He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
• Gal 5:20–21idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
• Rom 12:10In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;
• Rom 12:3For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

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