Mark 10:43

Easy-to-Read Version

But it should not be that way with you. Whoever wants to be your leader must be your servant.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But it is not so among you.

King James Version (1611)
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoeuer will bee great among you, shall be your minister:

King James Version
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:

English Standard Version
But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,

New American Standard Bible
"But it is not this way among you; rather, whoever wants to become prominent among you shall be your servant;

New Century Version
But it should not be that way among you. Whoever wants to become great among you must serve the rest of you like a servant.

Amplified Bible
"But this is not how it is among you; instead, whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;

Legacy Standard Bible
But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;

Berean Standard Bible
But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Contemporary English Version
But don't act like them. If you want to be great, you must be the servant of all the others.

Complete Jewish Bible
But among you, it must not be like that! On the contrary, whoever among you wants to be a leader must be your servant;

Darby Translation
but it is not thus among you; but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your minister;

Geneva Bible (1587)
But it shal not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, shall be your seruant.

George Lamsa Translation
Let not this be so among you; but he who wishes to be great among you, let him be a minister to you.

Good News Translation
This, however, is not the way it is among you. If one of you wants to be great, you must be the servant of the rest;

Lexham English Bible
But it is not like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Literal Translation
But it shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

American Standard Version
But it is not so among you: but whosoever would become great among you, shall be your minister;

Bible in Basic English
But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:

Hebrew Names Version
But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

International Standard Version
That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,Matthew 20:26,28; Mark 9:35; Luke 9:48;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
but not thus shall it be among you. But if any one among you willeth to be great, let him be to you the servant;

Murdock Translation
But it shall not be so among you: but he that would be great among you, must be a servitor to you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuerthelesse, so shall it not be among you: but whosoeuer of you, wyll be great among you, shalbe your minister:

English Revised Version
But it is not so among you: but whosoever would become great among you, shall be your minister:

World English Bible
But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you, will be your servant.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But it shall not be so among you; but whosoever desireth to be great among you, shall be your servant.

Weymouth's New Testament
but it is not to be so among you. No, whoever desires to be great among you must be your servant;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But it is not so among you, but who euer wole be maad gretter, schal be youre mynyster;

Update Bible Version
But it is not so among you: but whoever would become great among you, shall be your servant;

Webster's Bible Translation
But so it shall not be among you: but whoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:

New English Translation
But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

New King James Version
Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

New Living Translation
But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,

New Life Bible
It must not be that way with you. Whoever wants to be great among you, let him care for you.

New Revised Standard
But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, not so, it is, among you. But, whosoever desireth to become, great, among you, shall be, your minister,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But it is not so among you: but whosoever will be greater shall be your minister.

Revised Standard Version
But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
So shall it not be amonge you but whosoever of you wilbe greate amoge you shalbe youre minister.

Young's Literal Translation
but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So shal it not be amonge you: but who so euer wil be greate amoge you, shal be youre mynister:

Mace New Testament (1729)
but it shall not be so among young you: on the contrary, whoever would be great among you, he must be your servant;

Simplified Cowboy Version
But here in this outfit, it works completely opposite.

Contextual Overview

³² Jesus and those with him were on their way to Jerusalem. He was at the front of the group. His followers were wondering what was happening, and the people who followed behind them were feeling afraid. Jesus gathered the twelve apostles again and talked with them alone. He told them what would happen in Jerusalem. ³³ He said, "We are going to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the leading priests and teachers of the law. They will say that he must die and will hand him over to the foreigners, ³⁴ who will laugh at him and spit on him. They will beat him with whips and kill him. But on the third day after his death, he will rise to life again." ³⁵ Then James and John, sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said, "Teacher, we want to ask you to do something for us." ³⁶ Jesus asked, "What do you want me to do for you?" ³⁷ The sons answered, "Let us share the great honor you will have as king. Let one of us sit at your right side and the other at your left." ³⁸ Jesus said, "You don't understand what you are asking. Can you drink from the cup that I must drink from? Can you be baptized with the same baptism that I must go through?" ³⁹ The sons answered, "Yes, we can!" Jesus said to the sons, "It is true that you will drink from the cup that I drink from. And you will be baptized with the same baptism that I must go through. ⁴⁰ But it is not for me to say who will sit at my right or my left. God has prepared those places for the ones he chooses." ⁴¹ When the other ten followers heard this, they were angry with James and John.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

so: John 18:36, Romans 12:2

whosoever: Mark 9:35, Matthew 20:26, Matthew 20:27, Matthew 23:8-12, Luke 9:48, Luke 14:11, Luke 18:14, John 13:13-18, 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, Galatians 5:13, 1 Peter 5:5, 1 Peter 5:6

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:7 - If thou wilt Proverbs 27:18 - so Matthew 18:4 - greatest Matthew 23:11 - General John 13:14 - I then

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But so shall it not be among you,.... Or "so let it not be", as in many copies; or as the Persic version renders it, "it ought not to be so among you"; such a lordly spirit does not become you; this is heathenish:

but whosoever will be great among you shall be, as in Matthew "let him", Matthew 20:26, be

your minister. This was just the reverse of what the two disciples were seeking for; they were indeed for being ministers but then they were for being prime ministers of state; and would have had all the rest subject to them and attendants on them to be sent out and employed as they should think fit: whereas the only way to preferment and greatness in Christ's kingdom, or rather Gospel church state, is to labour, in the work, of the ministry more abundantly than others; to take great pains and endure great hardships in order to bring great glory to God, and do great good to the souls of men; Matthew 20:26- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 20:20-28.

Mark 10:35

And James and John ...came unto him - They did this through the instrumentality of their mother. They did not come in “person,” but they got their mother to make the request for them. Compare the notes at Matthew 20:20.