There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.
Parallel translations
- KJV And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
- BSB A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them would be considered the greatest.
- NKJV Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest.
- NASB And a dispute also developed among them as to which one of them was regarded as being the greatest.
- NLT Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them.
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- Luke 9:46There arose an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.
- Mark 9:34But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.
- Matt 20:20–24Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
- Mark 10:37–41They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory.”
- Rom 12:10In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;
- 1 Pet 5:5–6Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- 1 Cor 13:4Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
- Phil 2:3–5doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
- Jas 4:5–6Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
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