Arrogance yields nothing but strife. Wisdom belongs to those who take advice.
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.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He sat down and called the Twelve [apostles], and He said to them, If anyone desires to be first, he must be last of all, and servant of all. American Standard Version (1901) And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all. Common English Bible He sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be least of all and the servant of all.” Catholic Public Domain Version And taking a child, he set him in their midst. And when he had embraced him, he said to them: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And taking a child, he set him in the midst of them. Whom when he had embraced, he saith to them: |
Arrogance yields nothing but strife. Wisdom belongs to those who take advice.
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.”
Taking a small child, He set him in the midst of them. And taking him in His arms, He said to them,
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.”
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.
But He gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”