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They started arguing over which of them would be most famous.
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When Jesus realized how much this mattered to them, he brought a child to his side.
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"Whoever accepts this child as if the child were me, accepts me," he said. "And whoever accepts me, accepts the One who sent me. You become great by accepting, not asserting. Your spirit, not your size, makes the difference."
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John spoke up, "Master, we saw a man using your name to expel demons and we stopped him because he wasn't of our group."
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Jesus said, "Don't stop him. If he's not an enemy, he's an ally."
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When it came close to the time for his Ascension, he gathered up his courage and steeled himself for the journey to Jerusalem.
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He sent messengers on ahead. They came to a Samaritan village to make arrangements for his hospitality.
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But when the Samaritans learned that his destination was Jerusalem, they refused hospitality.
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When the disciples James and John learned of it, they said, "Master, do you want us to call a bolt of lightning down out of the sky and incinerate them?"
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Jesus turned on them: "Of course not!"
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And they traveled on to another village.