Something New

What has been will be again,

what has been done will be done again;

there is nothing new under the sun.  

- Ecclesiastes 1:9

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!

- 2 Corinthians 5:17

34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

- Mark 8:34-35

33 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?”

34 But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.

- Mark 9:33-35

37 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.”

38 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said.

- Mark 10:37-38

42 “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant

- Mark 10:42-43