In Mark 10:42-45, Jesus reinforces this same principle: true greatness comes through serving others.

Mark 10:43 restates the same principle of servant leadership from a later teaching.

Jeremiah 45:5 warns against seeking great things for oneself — aligning with Jesus' call to reject ambition for status.

Matthew 20:25-28 parallels this same teaching: greatness is found in serving, not lording over others.

Luke 14:10 advises taking the lowest seat — a practical application of Jesus' 'last shall be first' principle here.

Luke 14:11 states the general principle behind Jesus' teaching: humility leads to exaltation.

Luke 18:14 repeats this same reversal — the humble tax collector, not the proud Pharisee, is justified.

James 4:6 echoes the divine reversal: God resists the proud but exalts the humble, matching Jesus' call here.

Matthew 20:26 echoes the same teaching on servant leadership — greatness comes through serving.

Proverbs 13:10 links pride to strife — the very problem behind the disciples' argument about greatness here.