He sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 9:35 in context
Mark 9:32–38
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But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
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He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?”
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But they were silent, for they had disputed with one another on the way about who was the greatest.
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He sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”
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He took a little child and set him in the middle of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,
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“Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.”
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John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone who doesn’t follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow us.”
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