Mark 9:35

³⁵καὶ καθίσας ἐφώνησεν τοὺς δώδεκα καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Εἴ τις θέλει πρῶτος εἶναι ἔσται πάντων ἔσχατος καὶ πάντων διάκονος.i

Mark 9 is a hinge chapter in the Gospel, moving from the dazzling revelation of Jesus’ divine glory on the mountain of transfiguration to the gritty reality of human brokenness at its base. The chapter confronts the disciples’ failure to cast out a demon, Jesus’ second prediction of