Mark 10:44

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.

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  • 92%

    25 But Jesus called them and said,“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

    26 It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

    27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave–

    28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

  • 89%

    42 Jesus called them and said to them,“You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

    43 But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

  • 88%

    10 Nor are you to be called‘teacher,’ for you have one teacher, the Christ.

    11 The greatest among you will be your servant.

    12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

  • 85%

    24 A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

    25 So Jesus said to them,“The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called‘benefactors.’

    26 Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

    27 For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

  • Mark 9:34-36
    3 verses
    84%

    34 But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

    35 After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them,“If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

    36 He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

  • 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.”

  • 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

  • 73%

    13 You call me‘Teacher’ and‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

    14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet.

    15 For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.

    16 I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

  • 4 Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

  • 73%

    24 “A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.

    25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house‘Beelzebul,’ how much worse will they call the members of his household!

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    10 But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you,‘Friend, move up here to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.

    11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

  • 26 If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

  • 72%

    43 Blessed is that slave whom his master finds at work when he returns.

    44 I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

  • 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

  • 16 So the last will be first, and the first last.”

  • 46 Concerning the Greatest Now an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 “Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?

    8 Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?

  • 47 I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

  • 30 But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

  • 33 In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

  • 48 and said to them,“Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.”

  • 24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.

  • 36 He said to them,“What do you want me to do for you?”

  • 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

  • 5 He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.

  • 7 but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.

  • 13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

  • 1 Questions About the Greatest At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying,“Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

  • 45 The Faithful and Wise Slave“Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their food at the proper time?

  • 37 Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!

  • 34 Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.

  • 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and because of the gospel will save it.