Mark
Mark 9:35
35Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sitting down | καθίσας | kathisas | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2523 I set, make to sit |
| called | ἐφώνησεν | ephōnēsen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G5455 I crow, shout, summon |
| the | τοὺς | tous | Article - Accusative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| Twelve | δώδεκα | dōdeka | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural | G1427 twelve |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| said | λέγει | legei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| If | Εἴ | Ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| anyone | τις | tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5100 any one, some one |
| wants | θέλει | thelei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2309 I will, wish, desire |
| to be | εἶναι | einai | Verb - Present Infinitive Active | G1510 I am, exist |
| first | πρῶτος | prōtos | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G4413 first, before |
| he must be | ἔσται | estai | Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| last | ἔσχατος | eschatos | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2078 last, at the last, finally |
| of all | πάντων | pantōn | Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| servant | διάκονος | diakonos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G1249 a waiter, servant, administrator |
| of all | πάντων | pantōn | Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 20:25–28 · Luke 22:26 · Mark 10:42–45 · Luke 14:10–11 · Matthew 23:11 · James 4:6 · Luke 18:14 · Jeremiah 45:5 · Proverbs 13:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.