Mark 10:41

Plain English Version

Jesus’s other 10 special workers heard what James and John asked for, and they got angry.

Cross References

Mark 10:42

So Jesus called them all together and said, “You know what government people are like here in this world. They like to be bosses over everybody. It is like that everywhere in this world, the leaders boss everyone around, and the big bosses like to show everyone that they are strong.

Romans 12:10

You have to love each other like brothers and sisters that belong to the same family. You have to respect other Christians more than you respect yourself.

Philippians 2:3

Each of you has to think about what is good for the others. Don’t only think about what is good for yourself. Don’t think that you are better than other people, but think that they are better than you. And don’t do things only to get people to say you are good. And don’t try to be a boss over other people.

James 4:5

God says something important about this in his book. He says that he put his Holy Spirit in us, and he says that if we leave him and follow some other way, his spirit gets really upset.