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Suddenly a man in the crowd shouted, "Rabbi! Look at my son, I beg you, because he's my only child!
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What happens is this: a spirit seizes him, and suddenly it lets out a shriek and throws him into convulsions with foaming at the mouth; and only with difficulty will it leave him. It's destroying him!
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I asked your talmidim to drive the spirit out, but they couldn't."
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"Perverted people, without any trust!" Yeshua answered, "How long do I have to be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here."
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Even as the boy was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground and threw him into a fit. But Yeshua rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father.
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All were struck with amazement at the greatness of God. While they were all marvelling at everything Yeshua was doing, he said to his talmidim,
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"Listen very carefully to what I'm going to say. The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men."
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But they didn't understand what he meant by this. It had been concealed from them so that they would not grasp its meaning, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
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An argument arose among the talmidim as to which of them might be the greatest.
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But Yeshua, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, took a child, stood him beside himself,
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and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the One who sent me. In other words, the one who is least among you all -- this is the one who is great."