Mǎkĕfúyīn 9:35

35 Yēsū zuò xià , jiào shí èr ge méntǔ lái , shuō , yǒu rén yuànyì zuò shǒuxiān de , tā bì zuò zhòngrén mòhòu de , zuò zhòngrén de yòng rén .

Mǎkĕfúyīn 9:35 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:35

And he sat down
As their master, as one having authority; and in order to examine into this matter, and pass judgment upon it:

and called the twelve;
all the disciples, who though they might not be all engaged in this dispute, nor equally criminal, yet were all, possessed of the same notion; and therefore Christ calls them all unto him, what he had to say, being pertinent unto them all:

and saith unto them, if any man desire to be first;
to have the pre-eminence, and be in the chief place in the kingdom of the Messiah,

the same shall be last of all, and servant of all:
his pride and vanity shall be checked; his ambitious views shall be frustrated; instead of being first, he shall be last; and instead of having superior reverence and respect, he shall be debased, and treated with neglect and contempt; and instead of being the master over others, shall be the servant of all. Some copies read, "let him be"; and so the Persic version, "let him be last, and minister to every one"; and the Ethiopic thus, "let him subject himself to all, and be servant to all"; for the only way to preferment in Christ's kingdom, or in the Gospel dispensation, is humility and meekness, and performing the lowest services to all, with diligence and cheerfulness.

Mǎkĕfúyīn 9:35 In-Context

33 Tāmen lái dào Jiābǎinóng . Yēsū zaì wū lǐ wèn méntǔ shuō , nǐmen zaì lù shang yìlùn de shì shénme .

34 Méntǔ bú zuò shēng , yīnwei tāmen zaì lù shang bǐcǐ zhēnglùn shuí wéi dà .

35 Yēsū zuò xià , jiào shí èr ge méntǔ lái , shuō , yǒu rén yuànyì zuò shǒuxiān de , tā bì zuò zhòngrén mòhòu de , zuò zhòngrén de yòng rén .

36 Yúshì lǐng guo yī ge xiǎo háizi lái , jiào tā zhàn zaì méntǔ zhōngjiān . yòu bào qǐ tā lái , duì tāmen shuō ,

37 Fán wèi wǒ míng , jiēdaì yī ge xiàng zhè xiǎo háizi de jiù shì jiēdaì wǒ . fán jiēdaì wǒde , bú shì jiēdaì wǒ , nǎi shì jiēdaì nà chāi wǒ lái de .