Mark 10:44

Easy-to-Read Version

Whoever wants to be first must serve the rest of you like a slave.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.

King James Version (1611)
And whosoeuer of you will bee the chiefest, shalbe seruant of all.

King James Version
And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

English Standard Version
and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

New American Standard Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you shall be slave of all.

New Century Version
Whoever wants to become the first among you must serve all of you like a slave.

Amplified Bible
and whoever wishes to be first and most important among you must be slave of all.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.

Legacy Standard Bible
and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.

Berean Standard Bible
and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.

Contemporary English Version
And if you want to be first, you must be everyone's slave.

Complete Jewish Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you must become everyone's slave!

Darby Translation
and whosoever would be first of you shall be bondman of all.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And whosoeuer will be chiefe of you, shall be the seruant of all.

George Lamsa Translation
And anyone of you who wishes to be first, let him be a servant of every man.

Good News Translation
and if one of you wants to be first, you must be the slave of all.

Lexham English Bible
and whoever wants to be most prominent among you must be the slave of all.

Literal Translation
And whoever of you desires to become first, he shall be slave of all.

American Standard Version
and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.

Bible in Basic English
And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.

Hebrew Names Version
Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be servant of all.

International Standard Version
and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to everyone.

Etheridge Translation
and whoever of you willeth to be the first, he shall be the labourer for all.

Murdock Translation
And he of you that would be first, must be servant to every one.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whosoeuer of you wyll be the chiefest, shalbe seruaunt of all.

English Revised Version
and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.

World English Bible
Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be servant of all.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And whosoever desireth to be the chief, shall be the servant of all.

Weymouth's New Testament
and whoever desires to be first among you must be the bondservant of all.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and who euer wole be the firste among you, schal be seruaunt of alle.

Update Bible Version
and whoever would be first among you, shall be slave of all.

Webster's Bible Translation
And whoever of you will be the chief, shall be servant of all.

New English Translation
and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.

New King James Version
And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all.

New Living Translation
and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else.

New Life Bible
Whoever wants to be first among you, must be the one who is owned and cares for all.

New Revised Standard
and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, whosoever desireth, among you, to be, first, shall be, servant of all;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And whosoever will be first among you shall be the servant of all.

Revised Standard Version
and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And whosoever wilbe chefe shalbe servaunt vnto all.

Young's Literal Translation
and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and who so wyl be chefest amonge you, shalbe seruaunt of all.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and whoever would be the chief, he must be the slave of all the rest.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The top hand among you will be the one who puts everyone else first and himself last.

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.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And whosoever of you will be the chiefest,.... Is desirous of the highest place and the greatest honour

shall be servant of all: for the ministers of the Gospel are not only the servants of Christ Jesus, but also of the churches for his sake; and in serving them, they serve Christ: not that they are to be the servants of men and to take their instructions from them and act according to rules prescribed by them; or seek to please men for then they would not be the servants of Christ: but they become servants to all that they may win souls to Christ, and increase his churches, and enlarge his interest; and such as are most useful this way are the chiefest in the Gospel church state; they are honoured by Christ and esteemed by his people; :-.

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.