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Mark 9:35

And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andκαθίσαςkathisashe sat downκαθίζω (kathizō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he sat down”, a single actionG2523(a) trans: I make to sit; I set, appoint, (b) intrans: I sit down, am seated, stay.he sat downἐφώνησενephōnēsenand calledφωνέω (phōneō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and called”, a single actionG5455I give forth a sound, hence: (a) of a cock: I crow, (b) of men: I shout, (c) trans: I call (to myself), summon; I invite, address.and calledτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δώδεκαdōdekatwelveδώδεκαadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “twelve”, the object formG1427twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to.the twelveκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andλέγειlegeisaithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “saith”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.saithαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themΕἴeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.τιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.θέλειtheleidesireθέλω (thelō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “desire”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “desire”.desireπρῶτοςprōtosfirstπρῶτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “first”, the subject formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.firstεἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).ἔσταιestaisame shall beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “same shall be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.the same shall beπάντωνpantōnof allπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “of all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.of allἔσχατοςeschatoslastἔσχατοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “last”, the subject formG2078last, at the last, finally, till the end.This verse uses “last”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπάντωνpantōnof allπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “of all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.of allδιάκονοςdiakonosservantδιάκονοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “servant”, the subject formG1249a waiter, servant; then of any one who performs any service, an administrator.This verse uses “servant”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, 'If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

Young’s Literal Translation

and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, 'If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

World English Bible

He sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “ If any man wants to be first , he shall be last of all , and servant of all .”

Darby Translation

And sitting down he called the twelve; and he says to them, If any one would be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.

Douay-Rheims

And taking a child, he set him in the midst of them. Whom when he had embraced, he saith to them:

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