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"But it is not thisway with you, 1but the one who is the greatestamong you must becomelike2the youngest, and the leaderlike the servant.
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"For 3who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But 4I amamong* you as the one who serves.
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"You are those who have stood by Me in My 5trials;
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and just as My Fatherhasgranted Me a 6kingdom, I grant you
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that you may 7eat and drink at My table in My 8kingdom, and 9you will sit on thronesjudging the twelvetribes of Israel.
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"Simon, Simon, behold, 10Satanhasdemanded permission to 11sift you likewheat;
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but I 12have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, whenonce you have turnedagain, 13strengthen your brothers."
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14But he said to Him, "Lord, with You I amready to goboth to prison and to death!"
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And He said, "I say to you, Peter, the rooster will not crowtodayuntil you have deniedthreetimes that you know Me."
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And He said to them, "15When I sent you out withoutmoneybelt and bag and sandals, you did not lackanything, did you?" They said, "No, nothing."
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And He said to them, "But now, whoeverhas a moneybelt is to take it along, likewisealso a bag, and whoeverhasnosword is to sell his coat and buy one.