Mark 9:33-35

Questions About the Greatest

9:33 Then they came to Capernaum. After Jesus was inside the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 9:34 But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. 9:35 After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”


tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-C3; Map3-B2.

tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.