Mark 9:35

New International Version

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”

Cross References

Proverbs 13:10

Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

Jeremiah 45:5

Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.’ ”

Matthew 23:11

The greatest among you will be your servant.

Mark 9:36

He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to them,

Luke 18:14

“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Luke 22:26

But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.

James 4:6

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”