Luke 22:24-27 A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
Jesus has just revealed that one of the twelve is the traitor. Having been convinced and assured that he is not that one, each one of them begins to jockey for position, to legitimize his own importance and love for The Lord. That thinking spills out into their speech. Jesus shuts them up: "when you begin to compare yourself to others, go back to what I said earlier: Serve one another." That is the cure for our comparison, the setting straight of our superiority complex: "How may I serve you?" Let us take up that challenge today.
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