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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 10:42 in context
Mark 10:39–45
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They said to him, “We are able.”
Jesus said to them, “You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;
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but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”
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When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant toward James and John.
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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.
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But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
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Whoever of you wants to become first among you shall be bondservant of all.
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For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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