Luke 22:26

“But you shall not be so, but he who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and he who is chief, as he who serves.”

But it was to be different with them. They were not to be like these Gentile kings. They were to take up an attitude of humility and service. They were not to think of being the greatest, but of being the least. They were not to look for the position of ‘elder statesman' but to desire to be seen as of least account. They were not to seek chief status, but to seek to be servants. And this all genuinely from the heart, and not by some massive deception which was simply seeking to be honoured as ‘humble' as a result of putting on an act. They were genuinely to consider themselves not just as servants of God, but as servants of their brethren and of mankind, just as Jesus did. (And indeed no man's ministry is in more danger than when people praise him to the skies and treat him as though he was important).