Mark 10:44
New International Version
and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.

New Living Translation
and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else.

English Standard Version
and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

Berean Standard Bible
and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.

Berean Literal Bible
and whoever desires to become first among you will be slave of all.

King James Bible
And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

New King James Version
And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all.

New American Standard Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you shall be slave of all.

NASB 1995
and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.

NASB 1977
and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.

Legacy Standard Bible
and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.

Amplified Bible
and whoever wishes to be first and most important among you must be slave of all.

Christian Standard Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to all.

American Standard Version
and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And he among you who wants to be the first will be a servant to all.”

Contemporary English Version
And if you want to be first, you must be everyone's slave.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And whosoever will be first among you, shall be the servant of all.

English Revised Version
and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whoever wants to be most important among you will be a slave for everyone.

Good News Translation
and if one of you wants to be first, you must be the slave of all.

International Standard Version
and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to everyone,

Literal Standard Version
and whoever of you may will to become first, he will be servant of all;

Majority Standard Bible
and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.

New American Bible
whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all.

NET Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.

New Revised Standard Version
and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all.

New Heart English Bible
And whoever wants to be first among you must be slave of all.

Webster's Bible Translation
And whoever of you will be the chief, shall be servant of all.

Weymouth New Testament
and whoever desires to be first among you must be the bondservant of all.

World English Bible
Whoever of you wants to become first among you shall be bondservant of all.

Young's Literal Translation
and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Request of James and John
43But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all. 45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”…

Cross References
Matthew 5:40
if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;

Mark 9:35
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all."

Mark 10:43
But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Mark 10:45
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."


Treasury of Scripture

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Mark 10
1. Jesus disputes with the Pharisees concerning divorce;
13. blesses the children that are brought unto him;
17. resolves a rich man how he may inherit everlasting life;
23. tells his disciples of the danger of riches;
28. promises rewards to those who forsake all for the gospel;
32. foretells his death and resurrection;
35. bids the two ambitious suitors to think rather of suffering with him;
46. and restores to Bartimaeus his sight.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

whoever
ὃς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

wants
θέλῃ (thelē)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design.

to be
εἶναι (einai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

first
πρῶτος (prōtos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.

must be
ἔσται (estai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[the] slave
δοῦλος (doulos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.

of all.
πάντων (pantōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.


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