Matthew 20:27-28

20:27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave ¹  – 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom ²  for many.”

¹ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

² 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.