^10:43But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, ^10:44and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave⁶⁶ of all.

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66 Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. notes that “ ‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times … in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” ( 1). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the for δοῦλος), in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But it is not so among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.

NLTNew Living Translation

But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But it is not like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be most prominent among you must be the slave of all.

KJV 1900King James Version

But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

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