Mark 10:45

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.”

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  • Matt 20:28 : 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.”
  • Phil 2:5-8 : 5 You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had, 6 who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. 8 He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death– even death on a cross!
  • John 13:14 : 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
  • Heb 5:8 : 8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
  • Luke 22:26-27 : 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.
  • John 10:15 : 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father– and I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • Isa 53:10-12 : 10 Though the LORD desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the LORD’s purpose will be accomplished through him. 11 Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.“My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins. 12 So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels.”
  • 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.
  • Dan 9:26 : 26 Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction.
  • Dan 9:24 : 24 “Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.
  • 1 Tim 3:4-6 : 4 He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity. 5 But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God? 6 He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.

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

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

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

  • Mark 10:42-44
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    42Jesus 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.

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

    44and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.

  • Mark 9:35
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    35After 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.”

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

    11The greatest among you will be your servant.

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    10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

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    56and they went on to another village.

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    46Healing Blind Bartimaeus They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

  • Luke 22:26-27
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    26Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

    27For 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.

  • John 13:14-16
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    14If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet.

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

    16I 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.

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    34Following Jesus Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

    35For 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.

  • Luke 9:22-25
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    22saying,“The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”

    23A Call to Discipleship Then he said to them all,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

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

    25For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

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

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

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

    25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

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  • Mark 10:33
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    33“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

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    39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

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    11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

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    26If 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.

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

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    31First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

  • Mark 10:36
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    36He said to them,“What do you want me to do for you?”

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    21For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

  • Matt 20:18
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    18“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,

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

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  • Luke 10:30
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    30Jesus replied,“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.

  • 1 Tim 2:6
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    6who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time.

  • Matt 12:8
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    8For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

  • Matt 19:30
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    30But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

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