Mat 20:28 | KJV | STEP | Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto , but to minister , and to give his life a ransom for many .

b Matt 26:28; John 13:13ff; 2 Cor 8:9; Phil 2:7; 1 Tim 2:6; Titus 2:14; Heb 9:28; Rev 1:5

Matt 20: 28

(KJV)

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

(NASB2020)

just as ^athe Son of Man ^bdid not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His ^{▼▼Or soul}life as a ransom for many.”

(NET2full)

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom ^{▼▼sn The Greek word for ransom (λύτρον, lutron) is found here and in Mark 10:45 and refers to the payment of a price in order to purchase the freedom of a slave. The idea of Jesus as the “ransom” is that he paid the price with his own life by standing in our place as a substitute, enduring the judgment that we deserved for sin.} for many.”