Matthew 20:16
First Will Be Last
16 "So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
Luke 22:24-30
The Greatest on Earth
24 Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. 25 Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. 26 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. 27 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. 28 You are those who have stood by me in my trials. 29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Jesus told His disciples it was there job to serve and not to consider who was great or who was the greatest among the twelve...
Jesus tells us that the first will be last and the last will be first to heaven...The weak and meek man and woman will be first...Jesus did not care that there might be others who were greater than Him...And He instilled this teaching into His Twelve Disciples...He knows how this world operates and how we want to become greater in this world...But the great in this world, are not necessarily greater in His Kingdom...Esteem and reputation in this world meant little to Him and He used His efforts and disciples to help the weak and the meek...