Mark 10:44 (DRB)

Passage

And whosoever will be first among you shall be the servant of all.

Nearby Context

Mark 10:42 But Jesus calling them, saith to them: You know that they who seem to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them: and their princes have power over them.

Mark 10:43 But it is not so among you: but whosoever will be greater shall be your minister.

Mark 10:44 And whosoever will be first among you shall be the servant of all.

Mark 10:45 For the Son of man also is not come to be ministered unto: but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many.

Mark 10:46 And they came to Jericho. And as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a very great multitude, Bartimeus the blind man, the son of Timeus, sat by the way side begging.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "whosoever", "first", "shall", and "servant". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "whosoever" and "first", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 43's "But it is not so among you..." into verse 45's "For the Son of man also is...", so "whosoever" and "first" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "whosoever" and "first" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.