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Mark 10:44

Whoever of you wants to become first among you shall be bondservant of all.

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Mark 10:44 in other translations

KJV King James Version

And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.

NHEB New Heart English Bible

Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.

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41 When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant toward James and John.

42 Jesus summoned them and said to them, “You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

43 But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

44 Whoever of you wants to become first among you shall be bondservant of all.

45 For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

46 They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”

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