Mark 9:35
And having sat down, he called the twelve, and he says to them, If any man wants to be first, he will be last of all, and helper of all.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
34But they were silent, for on the way they discussed among each other, who is greater.
36And having taken a child, he set it in the midst of them. And after embracing it, he said to them,
Cross References
Jeremiah 45:5And do thou seek great things for thyself? Seek them not, for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, says LORD, but thy life I will give to thee for a prey in all places where thou go.
Matthew 23:11But the greater of you will be your helper.
Luke 14:10But when thou are invited, having gone, sit down in the last place, so that when he who has invited thee comes, he will say to thee, Friend, go up higher, then it will be esteem to thee in the presence of those dining with thee.
Luke 22:26But ye are not this way. Rather, the greater among you, shall become as the newer, and he who leads, as he who serves.
Matthew Henry on Mark 9:31-41
The Apostles Reproved. 30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. 31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. 32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. 33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 34 But they… Read the whole commentary →