New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Mark 10:44
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and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.
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And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
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Whoever of you wants to become first among you shall be bondservant of all.
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and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.
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and whoever may want to be first among you⁺, he will be slave of all.
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Mark 10
42 So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
43 But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
44 and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
46 Next, they came to Jericho. And as Jesus and His disciples were leaving Jericho with a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.
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