Mark 9:35

A Conservative Version

And having sat down, he called the twelve, and he says to them, If any man wants to be first, he will be last of all, and helper of all.

Cross References

Luke 22:26

But ye are not this way. Rather, the greater among you, shall become as the newer, and he who leads, as he who serves.

Matthew 23:11

But the greater of you will be your helper.

James 4:6

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.

Luke 18:14

I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

Jeremiah 45:5

And do thou seek great things for thyself? Seek them not, for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, says LORD, but thy life I will give to thee for a prey in all places where thou go.

Proverbs 13:10

Through pride a vain man causes contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

Mark 9:36

And having taken a child, he set it in the midst of them. And after embracing it, he said to them,