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But Jesus, 1knowingwhat they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side,
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and said to them, "2Whoever*receivesthischild in My namereceives Me, and whoever*receives Me receives Him who sent Me; 3for the one who is leastamongall of you, this is the one who is great."
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4Johnanswered and said, "5Master, we sawsomeonecasting out demons in Your name; and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow along with us."
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But Jesussaid to him, "Do not hinder him; 6for he who is not against you is for you."
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When the days were approaching for 7His ascension, He was determined8to go to Jerusalem;
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and He sentmessengers on ahead* of Him, and they went and entered a village of the 9Samaritans to makearrangements for Him.
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But they did not receive Him, 10because He was travelingtowardJerusalem.
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When His disciples11James and Johnsaw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to 12commandfire to comedown from heaven and consume them?"
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But He turned and rebuked them, [and said, "You do not knowwhatkind of spirit you are of;
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for the Son of Man did not come to destroymen'slives, but to save them."] And they went on to anothervillage.
Exacting Discipleship
5713As they were goingalong the road, 14someonesaid to Him, "I will follow You wherever* You go."