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But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest.
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And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."
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Then He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them,
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"Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me."
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Now John answered Him, saying, "Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us."
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But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me.
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"For he who is not against us is on our side.
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For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.
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"But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea.
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If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched--
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where 'Their worm does not die, And the fire is not quenched.'