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Mark 10:45

For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

KJV

καὶ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.

Greek NT

Nam et Filius hominis non venit ut ministraretur ei, sed ut ministraret, et daret animam suam redemptionem pro multis.

Vulgate

For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

ASV

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
διακονέω
diakoneo
verb · 37×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λύτρον
lutron
noun · 2×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ψυχή
psuche
noun · 102×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀντί
anti
preposition · 22×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§608After agreeing to baptize him along with the sinners, John the Baptist looked at Jesus and pointed him out as the "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world".422 By doing so, he reveals that Jesus is at the same time the suffering Servant who silently allows himself to be led to the slaughter and who bears the sin of the multitudes, and also the Paschal Lamb, the symbol …
§1570Deacons share in Christ's mission and grace in a special way.55 The sacrament of Holy Orders marks them with an imprint (“character") which cannot be removed and which configures them to Christ, who made himself the "deacon" or servant of all.56 Among other tasks, it is the task of deacons to assist the bishop and priests in the celebration of the divine mysteries, above all th…

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:19 — But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
  • 1Pet 4:10 — As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
  • 1Tim 2:6 — Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
  • 1Tim 3:4 — One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
  • 2Cor 5:21 — For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
  • 2Cor 8:9 — For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
  • Dan 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting right
  • Dan 9:26 — And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be wi
  • Exod 30:12 — When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them,
  • Gal 1:4 — Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
  • Gal 3:13 — Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
  • Heb 5:8 — Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
  • Isa 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
  • John 10:15 — As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • John 13:14 — If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
  • Luke 22:26 — But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
  • Mark 14:24 — And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
  • Matt 16:13 — When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
  • Matt 20:26 — But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
  • Matt 20:28 — Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
  • Phil 2:5 — Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
  • Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.