Mark 9:35

Tree of Life Version

Sitting down, He called the Twelve and said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be least of all and the servant of everyone.”

Cross References

Proverbs 13:10

Arrogance yields nothing but strife. Wisdom belongs to those who take advice.

Jeremiah 45:5

But you, are you expecting great things for yourself? Seek no more! For I am about to bring calamity on all flesh”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“but I will grant you your soul as spoil in all places where you may go.”

Matthew 23:11

But the greatest among you shall be your servant.

Mark 9:36

Taking a small child, He set him in the midst of them. And taking him in His arms, He said to them,

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man, rather than the other, went down to his home declared righteous. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 22:26

But with you, it is not so. Rather, let the one who is greatest among you become like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

James 4:6

But He gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”