Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. The christological grounding of the servant-leadership teaching: the Son of Man's own coming was not to be served but to serve — and to give his life as a ransom for many. The ransom (lytron) is the redemption price paid to free someone from bondage. The giving of his life as a ransom connects the servant-leadership teaching to the passion that the third prediction (verses 18–19) has just announced.

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