35Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all."


In Context

32 But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.

33 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

34 But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all."

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

37 "Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me."

Mark 9:35 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:35And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:35And sitting down, he called the twelve, and saith to them: If any man desire to be first, he shall be the last of all, and the minister of all.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:35And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:35And sitting down he called the twelve; and he says to them, If any one would be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:35And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:35And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith to them, If any man desireth to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:35He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, |If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:35and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, 'If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:35And he sat down, and called the twelve, and said to them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.