Mark 10:45
43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by the highway side begging.
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- KJV
- For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- WEB
- For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
- ASV
- For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- DARBY
- For also the Son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many.
- BLB
- For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life [as] a ransom for many.”
- ÅB
- for Menneskesønnen er heller ikke kommet for å la seg tjene, men for selv å tjene og gi sitt liv til en løsepenge for mange.
- OTB
- For selv Menneskesønnen kom ikke for å bli tjent, men for å tjene, og for å gi sitt liv som en løsepenge for mange.”
- B1930
- for Menneskesønnen er heller ikke kommet for å la sig tjene, men for selv å tjene og gi sitt liv til en løsepenge for mange.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:5–8
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:9
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Read in contextTitus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Read in contextJohn 13:14
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
Read in contextJohn 10:15
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Read in contextHebrews 5:8
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
Read in contextLuke 22:26–27
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
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