Memorize Luke 22:26
But among you it will be different. Those who are the greatest among you should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant.
Luke 22:26, New Living TranslationFree, no account, nothing to install. The path opens with this verse already in it.
The five steps
- Meet the verse. Hear it read aloud, then echo it phrase by phrase, with a small hand motion for each phrase.
- Fill the gaps. About a third of the words become blanks. Say it out loud, supplying them; peek if you need to, trying is the point.
- Half hidden. Most of the words are gone now. Say it once more at bedtime; sleep locks it in overnight.
- First letters. Every word reduced to its first letter. Recite it with only those to guide you.
- All by yourself. Nothing but the reference. One confident recite, then it goes into your Verse Book to come back for review.
Each step makes a fine "tonight's step" spread over five days, and nothing is locked: the numbered dots jump anywhere. How to memorize Bible verses walks through the whole method.
Why it works
Three of the most replicated findings in learning science: retrieval practice (pulling a word from memory strengthens it more than rereading it), spacing (short tries on separate days beat one long one), and sleep (a verse said at bedtime is consolidated overnight). The blanks grow in stages so that every try is hard enough to count and never so hard that you give up.
Luke 22:26 in context
Leaders plot and Judas agrees to betray Jesus. Jesus shares Passover, teaches service, warns Peter, and prays on the Mount of Olives before arrest, denial, abuse, and examination by the council.
Read Luke 22:26 in its chapter · Luke 22, in the New Living Translation.
Verses that keep it company
- 1 Kings 3:9Bible verses for leaders
- Psalm 78:72Bible verses for leaders
- Proverbs 11:14Bible verses for leaders
- Proverbs 15:22Bible verses for leaders
- Proverbs 20:28Bible verses for leaders
- Proverbs 29:2Bible verses for leaders
Luke 22:26 is on Bible verses for leaders.
In other translations
BSB · Berean Standard BibleKJV · King James VersionNET · New English TranslationWEB · World English BibleESV · English Standard VersionASV · American Standard (1901)YLT · Young's Literal Translation
The reference is the same in every one; the path lets you switch mid-way, and pasting any wording you like works too.