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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."
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Yochanan responded, "Rabbi, we saw someone expelling demons in your name; and we stopped him because he doesn't follow you along with us."
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Yeshua said to him, "Don't stop such people, because whoever isn't against you is for you."
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As the time approached for him to be taken up into heaven, he made his decision to set out for Yerushalayim.
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He sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village in Shomron to make preparations for him.
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However, the people there would not let him stay, because his destination was Yerushalayim.