The greatest one among you must be your servant.

Whoever makes himself great will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be made great.

LORD, I have given up my pride and turned away from my arrogance. I am not concerned with great matters or with subjects too difficult for me.

Instead, I am content and at peace. As a child lies quietly in its mother's arms, so my heart is quiet within me.

"I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.

For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."

In the same way you younger people must submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but shows favor to the humble."

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, asking, "Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?"

This, however, is not the way it shall be among you. If one of you wants to be great, you must be the servant of the rest;

and if one of you wants to be first, you must be the slave of the others---

This, however, is not the way it is among you. If one of you wants to be great, you must be the servant of the rest;

and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, also welcomes the one who sent me. For the one who is least among you all is the greatest."