³⁵He sat down and called the twelve apostles. He told them, “Whoever wants to be the most important person must take the last place and be a servant to everyone else.”

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Mark 9:35: And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Sitting down, he called the Twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last and servant of all.”

NLTNew Living Translation

He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said, “Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King 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.

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