and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave ¹  of all.

biblegateway Mar 10:44

and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.

and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to all.

and whoever wants to be most prominent among you must be the slave of all.

biblegateway Mar 10:44

and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.

and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

bibleoremus Mar 10:44

and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all.

and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.

biblegateway Mar 10:44

"And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all.

And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

biblegateway Mar 10:44

and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave ¹  of all.

¹ tn Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times…in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v. 1). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος), in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.