Luke 9:48 teaches that the least among you is the greatest, reinforcing the reversal of status Jesus commands here.

Matthew 18:3-5 connects greatness to childlike humility, echoing the call to be as the younger and serve.

Matthew 23:8-12 states 'the greatest among you shall be your servant' and warns against exalting oneself, directly parallel.

1 Peter 5:3 instructs elders not to lord over but to be examples, directly applying the servant leadership principle.

Matthew 20:27 contains Jesus' identical saying about the first being a servant, reinforcing the same principle from another gospel.

Matthew 23:11 parallels the same teaching: 'The greatest among you will be your servant', further emphasizing servant leadership.

Mark 10:45 grounds this teaching in Christ's own example: He came to serve, not to be served.

John 13:14 shows Jesus enacting this teaching by washing feet, commanding His followers to do the same.

2 Corinthians 4:5 echoes this servant attitude: Paul preaches Christ as Lord and himself as a servant for Jesus' sake.

3 John 1:9 describes Diotrephes who loves preeminence — a negative example contrasting the servant leadership commanded here.