³³And they came to Capernaum. And after he^* was in the house, he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” ³⁴But they were silent, because they had argued with one another on the way about who was greatest. ³⁵And 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.” ³⁶And he took a young child and^* had him stand among them.ⁱ And taking him in his arms, he said to them,

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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.”

Footnotes

*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“sat down”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
iLiterally “in the midst of them”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. 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.” And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

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

He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to them,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest. Sitting down, he called the Twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last and servant of all.” He took a child, had him stand among them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

NLTNew Living Translation

After they arrived at Capernaum and settled in a house, Jesus asked his disciples, “What were you discussing out on the road?” But they didn’t answer, because they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest. 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.”

Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to them,

KJV 1900King James Version

And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. 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. And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,

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