Mark 9:35 {34}
Good News Translation
Jesus sat down, called the twelve disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to be first must place himself last of all and be the servant of all."

New Revised Standard Version
He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”

Contemporary English Version
After Jesus sat down and told the twelve disciples to gather around him, he said, "If you want the place of honor, you must become a slave and serve others!"

New American Bible
Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And sitting down, he called the twelve and saith to them: If any man desire to be first, he shall be the last of all and be minister of all.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And sitting down, he called the twelve and saith to them: If any man desire to be first, he shall be the last of all and be minister of all.

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Mark 10:42-45 But Jesus calling them, saith to them: You know that they who seem to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them: and their princes have power over them. . . .

Proverbs 13:10 Among the proud there are always contentions: but they that do all things with counsel, are ruled by wisdom.

Jeremiah 45:5 And dost thou seek great things for thyself? Seek not: for behold I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord! but I will give thee thy life, and save thee in all places whithersoever thou shalt go.

Matthew 20:25-28 But Jesus called them to him and said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them; and that they that are the greater, exercise power upon them. . . .

Luke 14:10,11 But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee. . . .

Luke 18:14 I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

James 4:6 But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.

Context
The Greatest in the Kingdom
34But they held their peace, for in the way they had disputed among themselves, which of them should be the greatest. 35And sitting down, he called the twelve and saith to them: If any man desire to be first, he shall be the last of all and be minister of all. 36And taking a child, he set him in the midst of them. Whom when he had embraced, he saith to them:…
Cross References
Matthew 20:26
It shall not be so among you: but whosoever is the greater among you, let him be your minister.

Matthew 23:11
He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.

Mark 9:36
And taking a child, he set him in the midst of them. Whom when he had embraced, he saith to them:

Mark 10:43
But it is not so among you: but whosoever will be greater shall be your minister.

Mark 10:44
And whosoever will be first among you shall be the servant of all.

Luke 22:26
But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger: and he that is the leader, as he that serveth.

Mark 9:34
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