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title = "Luke 22:23–30"
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date = "2023-02-06"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk22.23-30)
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No, that's not a mistake: I've included verse 23 in today's entry again. I
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think it gives a big clue into how this argument came about. Imagine with me:
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Jesus has just said one of them will betray Him, so now they're in a real life
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Among Us situation. All of the disciples are looking at each other, wondering
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which one of them is the Betrayer. Some go so far as to ask Jesus if it's
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themselves, including Judas, funnily enough. Jesus even lets Judas know He
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knows it's him (_Matt. 26:25_), and tells him to be about it. Judas slips away
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into the night, and none of the others notice this exchange at all. (_John
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13:26–28_)
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Instead, they're all trying to prove they would never betray Jesus to their
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fellows. "I love Jesus _more_." "Well, _I've_ been with him the longest!" "No,
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He called _me_ first!" It's so funny how these guys have been with Jesus for
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_years_ and still don't really get what He's about. Supposedly, they've even
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had this conversation before, when James and John's mother tried to get them
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special positions in God's kingdom. It's easy to feel superior, but whenever
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you see someone acting the fool in the Bible, watch yourself. You're just as
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sinful as they were, and just as prone to wandering from perfect righteousness.
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Jesus lets them know again that servants are leaders and leaders are servants
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in God's kingdom. Earthly kings might call themselves "Benefactor", but that
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doesn't mean they really do good to those under them. In contrast, Jesus has
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come as a servant, and He says He will give kingdoms to those there who have
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stayed with Him.
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* * *
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You alone are the greatest, and everything we are and have has only come from
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You.
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