Mark 10:42–45
Whoever wants to be great must serve; the Son of Man came to serve
Study it word by word42And summoning them, Jesus says to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43But it is not so among you; rather, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant,
44and whoever wants to be first among you will be the slave of all.
45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
In its context
40but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to grant; rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.
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46And they come to Jericho. And as he was leaving from Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the road.
47And hearing that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!”
Its words in the original
- προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenos· summon
Call to oneself, summon.
- ἸησοῦςIēsous· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- λέγειlegei· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ΟἴδατεOidate· know
Know, understand; also see.
- δοκοῦντεςdokountes· think, seem
Think, suppose, seem; also be held in high regard.
- ἄρχεινarchein· begin
Begin.
- ἐθνῶνethnōn· nation
Nation, people; in the plural, often the peoples who are not Israel.
- κατακυριεύουσινkatakyrieuousin· lord it over
Rule over, dominate others; overpower.
- μεγάλοιmegaloi· great
Great, large.
- κατεξουσιάζουσινkatexousiazousin· exercise authority
Exercise authority over, rule harshly.
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- θέλῃthelēi· want, wish
Want, wish, be willing.
- γενέσθαιgenesthai· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- διάκονοςdiakonos· servant
Servant: someone who serves others; also deacon, a servant of the community.
- πρῶτοςprōtos· first
First, foremost.
- δοῦλοςdoulos· slave
Slave: someone who belongs to a master and serves him.
- υἱὸςhuios· son, Son
Son. Also descendant: "son of David" means one of King David's family, and is a title of the promised Messiah.
- ἀνθρώπουanthrōpou· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- ἦλθενēlthen· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- διακονηθῆναιdiakonēthēnai· serve
Serve, attend to; also serve at table.
- δοῦναιdounai· give
Give.
- ψυχὴνpsychēn· soul, life
Soul: a person's life, the person himself.
- λύτρονlytron· ransom
Ransom: the price paid to set a slave or a prisoner free.
- ἀντὶanti· in place of, for
Instead of, in exchange for.
- πολλῶνpollōn· much, many
Much, great; in the plural, many.