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Matthew 20:25-28 NWT
25 But Jesus, calling them to him, said: "You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them and the great men wield authority over them. 26 This is not the way among you; but whoever wants to become great among you must be your minister, 27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave. 28 Just as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister and to give his soul a ransom in exchange for many."

Matthew 20:25-28 ALT
(25) But Jesus having summoned them, said, "You* know that the rulers of the nations domineer over them and their great [ones] tyrannize them, (26) but it will not be so among you*; _but_ whoever among you* is desiring to become great, he will be your* servant. (27) "And whoever among you* is desiring to be first, he must be your* slave. (28) "Just as the Son of Humanity did not come to be served, _but_ to serve, and to give His life [as] a ransom [or, price of release] for [or, in the place of] many."

Matthew 20:25-28 GW
(25) Jesus called the apostles and said, "You know that the rulers of nations have absolute power over people and their officials have absolute authority over people. (26) But that's not the way it's going to be among you. Whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant. (27) Whoever wants to be most important among you will be your slave. (28) It's the same way with the Son of Man. He didn't come so that others could serve him. He came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."

Matthew 20:25-28 CEV
(25) But Jesus called the disciples together and said: You know that foreign rulers like to order their people around. And their great leaders have full power over everyone they rule. (26) But don't act like them. If you want to be great, you must be the servant of all the others. (27) And if you want to be first, you must be the slave of the rest. (28) The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation