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Mark 9:34
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32 aBut they did not understand this saying, and were afraid to ask Him.  

Who Is the Greatest?

33 aThen He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them, “What was it you1 disputed among yourselves on the road?”  
34 But they kept silent, for on the road they had adisputed among themselves who would be the bgreatest.  
35 And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, a“If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”  
36 Then aHe took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them,  
37 “Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and awhoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.”  
Verse Comparison: Mark 9:34

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American Standard Version
But they held their peace: for they had disputed one with another on the way, who `was' the greatest.

Amplified® Bible
But they kept still, for on the road they had discussed {and} disputed with one another as to who was the greatest.

Contemporary English Version
They had been arguing about which one of them was the greatest, and so they did not answer.

Darby English Version
And they remained silent, for by the way they had been reasoning with one another who [was] greatest.

Good News Bible
But they would not answer him, because on the road they had been arguing among themselves about who was the greatest.

International Standard Version
But they kept silent, for on the road they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

King James Version
But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.

New American Standard Bible
But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which {of them was} the greatest.

New International Version
But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

New King James Version
But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them would become the greatest.

Young's Literal Translation
and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;


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