Mark 9:35

And Jesus sat down, and called the twelve, and said to them: Whoever would be first, let him be last of all, and servitor to all.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

In Context

34And they were silent; for by the way they had contended with one another, which should be the great among them.

36And he took a child, and set him in the midst, and took him in his arms and said to them:

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Cross References

Matthew 23:11And the great one among you will be your servitor.

Luke 14:10But when thou art invited, go and recline on the lowest couch; that when he who invited thee come, he may say to thee: My friend, come up higher and recline. And thou wilt have honor, before all that recline with thee.

Luke 22:26But ye, not so: but he that is great among you, must be as the least; and he that is chief, as the servitor.

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 →

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