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34 They said nothing, because on the road they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest.

35 Jesus sat down and called the Twelve. “If you want to be first,” he said, “you must be last of all, and servant of all.” 36 He took a small child, and stood it in the middle of them. Then he hugged the child, and said to them,

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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,

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