Mark 9:30-41
They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did
not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them,
‘The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and
three days after being killed, he will rise again.’ But they did not understand
what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.
Then they came to
Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, ‘What were you arguing
about on the way?’ But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with
one another about who was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve, and
said to them, ‘Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of
all.’ Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his
arms, he said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me,
and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.’
John said to him,
‘Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop
him, because he was not following us.’ But Jesus said, ‘Do not stop him; for no
one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterwards to speak
evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us. For truly I tell you, whoever
gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by
no means lose the reward.
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