King James Version (KJV)
Mark 9:35
“And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, ‹If any man desire to be first,› [the same] ‹shall be last of all, and servant of all.›”
Verse in context — Mark 9
And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, ‹What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?›
But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who [should be] the greatest.
And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, ‹If any man desire to be first,› [the same] ‹shall be last of all, and servant of all.›
And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
‹Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.›
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