Add parallel Print Page Options

34 But the ones were being silent. For on the way they argued with one another who was greater[a]. 35 And having sat-down, He called the twelve. And He says to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall[b] be last of all, and servant of all”.

Whoever Welcomes a Child In My Name Welcomes Me

36 And having taken a child, He stood him[c] in the middle of them. And having taken him in His arms, He said to them,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:34 Or, greatest.
  2. Mark 9:35 That is, must be, a kind of command. Or, will be, a statement of fact.
  3. Mark 9:36 Or, her. Lit, it (the child).

34 But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.(A)

35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”(B)

36 He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms,(C) he said to them,

Read full chapter