...unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes." — Mark x : 33. " For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many." — Mark x : 45. See Mark xiii : 36 ; xiv : 21 ; xli : 62 ; Luke v : 24 ; vi : 22 ; vii : 34 ; ix :...

...servant justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities," Isa. liii. 11. " The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many," Mark x. 45 ; Matt xx. 28. He was to " bring many sons unto glory ;" and so was to be the " captain...

...and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant. Even as the Son of Man came, not to be ministered unto, but to minister and give his life a ransom for many." It was to have no connection with the civil government. " Who made me," said he, " a judge or a divider...

...that I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world." "The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many." The acts of Jesus were, no less than his words, significant of this great truth. On the eve of His...

...said he, and the whole of his life was an illustration of the saying, " The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many." * Never was the lesson here given by the apostle so strikingly taught, and so powerfully recommended,...

...of our outward life, to meet and know Him within us — the Lord of our spirits — -who came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and give His life a ransom for many, and who would teach us the life of self-sacrifice, with all its peculiar and proper sorrows, doubtless,...

...Him who gave himself for us, who though he was rich yet for our sakes became poor, who came not to be ministered unto but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many. Do we doubt the influence of the Gospel over the hearts of believers? We are sure that the Word and...

...which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth." Such generosity is truly Christian. It is the spirit of Him who " came not to be ministered unto, but to minister;" the spirit of that brotherhood which He has formed, and the basis of that eulogy which...

...(Ps. xlvii. 8). And accordingly He did come in the human nature, " in the form of a servant, not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and give His life a ransom for many" (Matt. xx. 28). And indeed by His becoming man, and so our goel or near Kinsman, the right of purchase...

...He has loved us ; to bear each other's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ ; who came, not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and give His life a ransom for many. Help us, likewise, to love our enemies, and from our hearts to forgive everyone his trespasses against...