170 GEERT VAN OYEN 3. The third paradox (10,43-44) The third paradox (10,43-44) is an example of a double paradoxical saying. It has a synonymous parallel structure, which is clearly illustrated by the synoptic comparison between v. 43 and v. 44 below. The differences between the verses are very small. We see an inversion (compare megav genesuai en ym˜n and en ym˜n ¥ ¥ ß Ωı ß Ωı eınai prwtov) and a shift from ymwn diakonov to pantwn Ω˜ ¥ ® ˜ ¥ doylov. A comparison with 9,(34-)35 seems unavoidable, because ˜ one notices the influence on v. 43 (“great”, “servant”) and on v. 44 (“ first ”, “of all”): The different parts of the paradoxical sayings in vv. 43-44 are arranged in a rather surprising way. Over against “great” one does not find “small” but “servant” (diakonov), and over against “first” ¥ (prwtov) one does not find “last” (like in 9,35) but “slave” ˜ (doylov). The alternation of double sayings (8,35; 10,43-44) and ˜ single saying (9,35), the repetition with variation of 9,35 in 10,43-44, and the internal structure and vocabulary of the verses are not only evidence for the sense of creative variation of the narrator. All together these sayings are working towards a climax 30 : from YARBRO COLLINS, Mark, 495, 498, writes that the request of the two 30