Mark 9:33-36

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.” 9:36 He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

Proverbs 13:10

13:10 With pride comes only contention,

but wisdom is with the well-advised.

Matthew 20:24

20:24 Now when the other ten heard this, they were angry with the two brothers.

Luke 22:24

22:24 A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

Romans 12:10

12:10 Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.

Philippians 2:3

2:3 Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.

James 4:5

4:5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?