Mark 10:44

Amplified Bible

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

Parallel Translations

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

King James Version (1611)
And whosoeuer of you will bee the chiefest, shalbe seruant of all.

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

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

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

New Century Version
Whoever wants to become the first among you must serve all of you like a slave.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you must become everyone's slave!

Darby Translation
and whosoever would be first of you shall be bondman of all.

Easy-to-Read Version
Whoever wants to be first must serve the rest of you like a slave.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And whosoeuer will be chiefe of you, shall be the seruant of all.

George Lamsa Translation
And anyone of you who wishes to be first, let him be a servant of every man.

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

Lexham English Bible
and whoever wants to be most prominent among you must be the slave of all.

Literal Translation
And whoever of you desires to become first, he shall be slave of all.

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

Bible in Basic English
And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.

Hebrew Names Version
Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be servant of all.

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

Etheridge Translation
and whoever of you willeth to be the first, he shall be the labourer for all.

Murdock Translation
And he of you that would be first, must be servant to every one.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whosoeuer of you wyll be the chiefest, shalbe seruaunt of all.

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

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And whosoever desireth to be the chief, shall be the servant of all.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and who euer wole be the firste among you, schal be seruaunt of alle.

Update Bible Version
and whoever would be first among you, shall be slave of all.

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

New English Translation
and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.

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

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

New Life Bible
Whoever wants to be first among you, must be the one who is owned and cares for all.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, whosoever desireth, among you, to be, first, shall be, servant of all;

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

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

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And whosoever wilbe chefe shalbe servaunt vnto all.

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and who so wyl be chefest amonge you, shalbe seruaunt of all.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and whoever would be the chief, he must be the slave of all the rest.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The top hand among you will be the one who puts everyone else first and himself last.

Contextual Overview

³²Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they were perplexed [at what Jesus had said], and those who were following were alarmed and afraid. And again He took the twelve [disciples] aside and began telling them what was going to happen to Him, ³³saying, "Listen very carefully: we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed and handed over to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and hand Him over to the Gentiles (Romans). ³⁴"They will mock and ridicule Him and spit on Him, and whip (scourge) Him and kill Him, and three days later He will rise [from the dead]." ³⁵James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, "Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You." ³⁶And He replied to them, "What do you want Me to do for you?" ³⁷They said to Him, "Grant that we may sit [with You], one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory [Your majesty and splendor in Your kingdom]." ³⁸But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism [of suffering and death] with which I am baptized?" ³⁹And they replied to Him, "We are able." Jesus told them, "The cup that I drink you will drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized. ⁴⁰"But to sit on My right or left, this is not Mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared [by My Father]." ⁴¹Hearing this, the [other] ten became indignant with James and John.

Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And whosoever of you will be the chiefest,.... Is desirous of the highest place and the greatest honour

shall be servant of all: for the ministers of the Gospel are not only the servants of Christ Jesus, but also of the churches for his sake; and in serving them, they serve Christ: not that they are to be the servants of men and to take their instructions from them and act according to rules prescribed by them; or seek to please men for then they would not be the servants of Christ: but they become servants to all that they may win souls to Christ, and increase his churches, and enlarge his interest; and such as are most useful this way are the chiefest in the Gospel church state; they are honoured by Christ and esteemed by his people; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 20:20-28.

Mark 10:35

And James and John ...came unto him - They did this through the instrumentality of their mother. They did not come in “person,” but they got their mother to make the request for them. Compare the notes at Matthew 20:20.