Passage

Greatness through service

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁴³But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

Mark 10:43World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Jesus tells those he has called together that anyone seeking greatness among them must serve them.

He has described rulers who dominate the nations. The next sentence says that anyone seeking first place must be a bondservant of all.

Whose bondservant must the person seeking first place become?