Mark 10:43

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But it is not so among you.

King James Version (1611)
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoeuer will bee great among you, shall be your minister:

King James Version
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:

English Standard Version
But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,

New American Standard Bible
"But it is not this way among you; rather, whoever wants to become prominent among you shall be your servant;

New Century Version
But it should not be that way among you. Whoever wants to become great among you must serve the rest of you like a servant.

Amplified Bible
"But this is not how it is among you; instead, whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;

Legacy Standard Bible
But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;

Berean Standard Bible
But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Contemporary English Version
But don't act like them. If you want to be great, you must be the servant of all the others.

Complete Jewish Bible
But among you, it must not be like that! On the contrary, whoever among you wants to be a leader must be your servant;

Darby Translation
but it is not thus among you; but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your minister;

Easy-to-Read Version
But it should not be that way with you. Whoever wants to be your leader must be your servant.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But it shal not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, shall be your seruant.

George Lamsa Translation
Let not this be so among you; but he who wishes to be great among you, let him be a minister to you.

Good News Translation
This, however, is not the way it is among you. If one of you wants to be great, you must be the servant of the rest;

Lexham English Bible
But it is not like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Literal Translation
But it shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

American Standard Version
But it is not so among you: but whosoever would become great among you, shall be your minister;

Bible in Basic English
But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:

Hebrew Names Version
But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

International Standard Version
That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,Matthew 20:26,28; Mark 9:35; Luke 9:48;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
but not thus shall it be among you. But if any one among you willeth to be great, let him be to you the servant;

Murdock Translation
But it shall not be so among you: but he that would be great among you, must be a servitor to you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuerthelesse, so shall it not be among you: but whosoeuer of you, wyll be great among you, shalbe your minister:

English Revised Version
But it is not so among you: but whosoever would become great among you, shall be your minister:

World English Bible
But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you, will be your servant.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But it shall not be so among you; but whosoever desireth to be great among you, shall be your servant.

Weymouth's New Testament
but it is not to be so among you. No, whoever desires to be great among you must be your servant;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But it is not so among you, but who euer wole be maad gretter, schal be youre mynyster;

Update Bible Version
But it is not so among you: but whoever would become great among you, shall be your servant;

Webster's Bible Translation
But so it shall not be among you: but whoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:

New English Translation
But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

New King James Version
Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

New Living Translation
But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,

New Life Bible
It must not be that way with you. Whoever wants to be great among you, let him care for you.

New Revised Standard
But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, not so, it is, among you. But, whosoever desireth to become, great, among you, shall be, your minister,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But it is not so among you: but whosoever will be greater shall be your minister.

Revised Standard Version
But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
So shall it not be amonge you but whosoever of you wilbe greate amoge you shalbe youre minister.

Young's Literal Translation
but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So shal it not be amonge you: but who so euer wil be greate amoge you, shal be youre mynister:

Mace New Testament (1729)
but it shall not be so among young you: on the contrary, whoever would be great among you, he must be your servant;

Simplified Cowboy Version
But here in this outfit, it works completely opposite.

Contextual Overview

³²Back on the road, they set out for Jerusalem. Jesus had a head start on them, and they were following, puzzled and not just a little afraid. He took the Twelve and began again to go over what to expect next. "Listen to me carefully. We're on our way up to Jerusalem. When we get there, the Son of Man will be betrayed to the religious leaders and scholars. They will sentence him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Romans, who will mock and spit on him, give him the third degree, and kill him. After three days he will rise alive." ³⁵ James and John, Zebedee's sons, came up to him. "Teacher, we have something we want you to do for us." ³⁶ "What is it? I'll see what I can do." ³⁷ "Arrange it," they said, "so that we will be awarded the highest places of honor in your glory—one of us at your right, the other at your left." ³⁸ Jesus said, "You have no idea what you're asking. Are you capable of drinking the cup I drink, of being baptized in the baptism I'm about to be plunged into?" ³⁹"Sure," they said. "Why not?" Jesus said, "Come to think of it, you will drink the cup I drink, and be baptized in my baptism. But as to awarding places of honor, that's not my business. There are other arrangements for that." ⁴¹When the other ten heard of this conversation, they lost their tempers with James and John. Jesus got them together to settle things down. "You've observed how godless rulers throw their weight around," he said, "and when people get a little power how quickly it goes to their heads. It's not going to be that way with you. Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. Whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave. That is what the Son of Man has done: He came to serve, not to be served—and then to give away his life in exchange for many who are held hostage."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

so: John 18:36, Romans 12:2

whosoever: Mark 9:35, Matthew 20:26, Matthew 20:27, Matthew 23:8-12, Luke 9:48, Luke 14:11, Luke 18:14, John 13:13-18, 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, Galatians 5:13, 1 Peter 5:5, 1 Peter 5:6

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:7 - If thou wilt Proverbs 27:18 - so Matthew 18:4 - greatest Matthew 23:11 - General John 13:14 - I then

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But so shall it not be among you,.... Or "so let it not be", as in many copies; or as the Persic version renders it, "it ought not to be so among you"; such a lordly spirit does not become you; this is heathenish:

but whosoever will be great among you shall be, as in Matthew "let him", Matthew 20:26, be

your minister. This was just the reverse of what the two disciples were seeking for; they were indeed for being ministers but then they were for being prime ministers of state; and would have had all the rest subject to them and attendants on them to be sent out and employed as they should think fit: whereas the only way to preferment and greatness in Christ's kingdom, or rather Gospel church state, is to labour, in the work, of the ministry more abundantly than others; to take great pains and endure great hardships in order to bring great glory to God, and do great good to the souls of men; Matthew 20:26- :.

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.