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Mark 10:44 (WEB)
Whoever of you wants to become first among you shall be bondservant of all.

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§1551Article 6 · The Sacrament of Holy OrdersRead at vatican.va
“…of Christ. the exercise of this authority must therefore be measured against the model of Christ, who by love made himself the least and the servant of all.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 10 43-45; 1 Pet 5:3.

Origen, Against Celsus VII.23Book VII
“Perhaps it is the following passages which have led Celsus to suppose that Jesus forbids ambition to His disciples: “Whoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all;” “The princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them,” and “they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.”” — editor's note: Mark x. 44.
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