*Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.
1Or let him be

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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.”

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

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 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.”

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.”

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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