Mark 10:45

The Request of James and John

44and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

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Berean Standard Bible
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.”
American Standard Version (1901)
For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Bible in Basic English
For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
Free Bible Version
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.”
Geneva Bible 1599
For euen the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the raunsome of many.
King James (Authorized) Version
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
One Unity Resource Bible
For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Plain English Version
You see, all the leaders of my people have to be like that. They have to be just like me. I’m God’s special man from heaven, but I didn’t come here to be bossy and get people to work for me. I came here to work for other people. And I came here to die for a lot of people. I will let God punish me instead of them. He will punish me for the bad things that they did.”
Translation for Translators
You should imitate me. Even though I am the one who has come from heaven, I did not come to be served {for others to serve me}. On the contrary, I came in order to serve others and to allow others to kill me, in order that my dying for people would be like a payment to rescue many people from being punished {God punishing them} for their sins.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Noah Webster Bible
For even the son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
World English Bible
For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Young's Literal Translation
for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'