Focused Passage

Mark 9:33-37

Glory, Unbelief, Suffering, Humility, and Radical Discipleship

Mark 9 moves from the revelation of Jesus' glory on the mountain, to the weakness and unbelief exposed below, to the second passion prediction, to correction of the disciples' ambition and sectarianism, and finally to severe teaching on holiness, stumbling, hell, salt, and peace.

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33Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

34But they were silent, for on the way they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest.

35Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”

36Then He had a little child stand among them. Taking the child in His arms, He said to them,

37“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”

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Verse 33

Original words

ThenΚαὶG2532Conjunctionthey cameἦλθονG2064Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluraltoεἰςG1519PrepositionCapernaumΚαφαρναούμG2584Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-ΚαὶG2532ConjunctionWhile [Jesus] wasγενόμενοςG1096Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine SingularinἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularhouseοἰκίᾳG3614Noun - Dative Feminine SingularHe askedἐπηρώταG1905Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularthemαὐτούςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person PluralWhatΤίG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singularwere you discussingδιελογίζεσθεG1260Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person PluralonἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularwayὁδῷG3598Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 34

Original words

ButδὲG1161Conjunction-οἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine Pluralthey were silentἐσιώπωνG4623Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralforγὰρG1063ConjunctiononἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularwayὁδῷG3598Noun - Dative Feminine Singularthey had been arguing aboutδιελέχθησανG1256Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural. . .πρὸςG4314Preposition. . .ἀλλήλουςG240Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Pluralwhich [of them was]τίςG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular[the] greatestμείζωνG3173Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular - Comparative
Verse 35

Original words

-ΚαὶG2532ConjunctionSitting downκαθίσαςG2523Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular[Jesus] calledἐφώνησενG5455Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartheτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralTwelveδώδεκαG1427Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionsaidλέγειG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-αὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person PluralIfΕἴG1487ConjunctionanyoneτιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularwantsθέλειG2309Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularto beεἶναιG1510Verb - Present Infinitive ActivefirstπρῶτοςG4413Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singularhe must beἔσταιG1510Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular[the] lastἔσχατοςG2078Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singularof allπάντωνG3956Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunction[the] servantδιάκονοςG1249Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularof allπάντωνG3956Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Verse 36

Original words

ThenΚαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvλαβὼνG2983Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularHe hadἔστησενG2476Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara little child {stand}παιδίονG3813Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular-αὐτὸG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person SingularvvvἐνG1722PrepositionamongμέσῳG3319Adjective - Dative Neuter SingularthemαὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural-καὶG2532ConjunctionTaking [the child] in His armsἐναγκαλισάμενοςG1723Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular. . .αὐτὸG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person SingularHe saidεἶπενG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularto themαὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Verse 37

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WhoeverὋςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular. . .ἂνG302ParticlewelcomesδέξηταιG1209Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person SingularoneἓνG1520Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular-τῶνG3588Article - Genitive Neuter Pluralof theseτοιούτωνG5108Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plurallittle childrenπαιδίωνG3813Noun - Genitive Neuter PluralinἐπὶG1909PrepositionMyμουG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular-τῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter SingularnameὀνόματίG3686Noun - Dative Neuter SingularwelcomesδέχεταιG1209Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularMeἐμὲG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionwhoeverὃςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular. . .ἂνG302ParticlewelcomesδέχηταιG1209Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularMeἐμὲG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person SingularwelcomesδέχεταιG1209Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singularnot onlyοὐκG3756AdverbMeἐμὲG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person SingularbutἀλλὰG235Conjunctionthe [One]τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Singularwho sentἀποστείλαντάG649Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Accusative Masculine SingularMeμεG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular

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