Barclay Newman, a translator on the teams for both the Good News Bible and the Contemporary English Version, translated passages of the New Testament into English and published them in 2014, “in a publication brief enough to be non-threatening, yet long enough to be taken seriously, and interesting enough to appeal to believers and un-believers alike.” The following is the translation of Mark 9:33-37:

While at home in Capernaum, Jesus asked his followers,
       “What were you arguing about on our way here?”

They were too embarrassed to reply —
they had been arguing about greatness,
       about which of them was the greatest.

Jesus sat down and told them to gather around.
Then he spoke, “The highest place of honor
       belongs to the lowest slave!”

Then Jesus called a child from the crowd,
       placed his arm around the child, and said,
“When you welcome even a child because of me,
       you welcome both me and the God who sent me.”