Markus 9:35

Lutherbibel

Und er setzte sich und rief die Zwölf und sprach zu ihnen: So jemand will der Erste sein, der soll der Letzte sein vor allen und aller Knecht.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Und er setzte sich und rief die Zwölf und sprach zu ihnen: Wenn jemand der Erste sein will, so sei er von allen der Letzte und aller Diener.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

If: Mark 10:42-45, Proverbs 13:10, Jeremiah 45:5, Matthew 20:25-28, Luke 14:10, Luke 14:11, Luke 18:14, James 4:6

Reciprocal: Matthew 20:26 - it Mark 10:43 - whosoever

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he sat down,.... As their master, as one having authority; and in order to examine into this matter, and pass judgment upon it:

and called the twelve; all the disciples, who though they might not be all engaged in this dispute, nor equally criminal, yet were all, possessed of the same notion; and therefore Christ calls them all unto him, what he had to say, being pertinent unto them all:

and saith unto them, if any man desire to be first; to have the pre-eminence, and be in the chief place in the kingdom of the Messiah,

the same shall be last of all, and servant of all: his pride and vanity shall be checked; his ambitious views shall be frustrated; instead of being first, he shall be last; and instead of having superior reverence and respect, he shall be debased, and treated with neglect and contempt; and instead of being the master over others, shall be the servant of all. Some copies read, "let him be"; and so the Persic version, "let him be last, and minister to every one"; and the Ethiopic thus, "let him subject himself to all, and be servant to all"; for the only way to preferment in Christ's kingdom, or in the Gospel dispensation, is humility and meekness, and performing the lowest services to all, with diligence and cheerfulness.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 18:1-5.