Catholic Public Domain Version
"And sitting down, he called the twelve, and he said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be the last of all and the minister of all.” "
— Mark 9:34, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.”
“But they held their peace: for they had disputed one with another on the way, who was the greatest. ”
“But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.”
“But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.”
“And sitting down, he called the twelve and saith to them: If any man desire to be first, he shall be the last of all and be minister of all.”
“But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.”
“But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.”
But they did not understand the word. And they were afraid to question him.
And they went to Capernaum. And when they were in the house, he questioned them, “What did you discuss on the way?”
But they were silent. For indeed, on the way, they had disputed among themselves as to which of them was greater.
And sitting down, he called the twelve, and he said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be the last of all and the minister of all.”
And taking a child, he set him in their midst. And when he had embraced him, he said to them:
“Whoever receives one such child in my name, receives me. And whoever receives me, receives not me, but him who sent me.”
John responded to him by saying, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name; he does not follow us, and so we prohibited him.”