God & Savior

Mark 9:35

Sitting 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.”
Mark 9:35
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

Καὶ καθίσας ἐφώνησεν τοὺς δώδεκα καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· εἴ τις θέλει πρῶτος εἶναι, ἔσται πάντων ἔσχατος καὶ πάντων διάκονος.

  1. ΚαὶKai“And”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  2. καθίσαςkathisas“having sat down”
    Verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from καθίζω · “to seat” · Strong's G2523
  3. ἐφώνησενephōnēsen“He called”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from φωνέω · “to call” · Strong's G5455
  4. τοὺςtous“the”
    Article, accusative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  5. δώδεκαdōdeka“Twelve”
    Adjective, number · “twelve” · Strong's G1427
  6. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  7. λέγειlegei“He says”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
  8. αὐτοῖς·autois“to them;”
    Personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  9. εἴei“If”
    Conditional · from εἰ · “if” · Strong's G1487G
  10. τιςtis“anyone”
    Indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “one” · Strong's G5100
  11. θέλειthelei“desires”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from θέλω · “to will/desire” · Strong's G2309
  12. πρῶτοςprōtos“first”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · “first” · Strong's G4413G
  13. εἶναι,einai“to be,”
    Verb, present, active, infinitive · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1511
  14. ἔσταιestai“he will be”
    Verb, future, middle (deponent), indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  15. πάντωνpantōn“of all”
    Adjective, genitive, plural, masculine · from πᾶς · “all” · Strong's G3956
  16. ἔσχατοςeschatos“last”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · “last/least” · Strong's G2078
  17. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  18. πάντωνpantōn“of all”
    Adjective, genitive, plural, masculine · from πᾶς · “all” · Strong's G3956
  19. διάκονος.diakonos“servant.”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from διάκονος · “servant” · Strong's G1249
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)