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for he was teaching his disciples, and he said to them, `The Son of Man is being delivered to the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and having been killed the third day he shall rise,'
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but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question him.
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And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, `What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?'
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and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;
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and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, `If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'
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And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them,
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`Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'
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And John did answer him, saying, `Teacher, we saw a certain one in thy name casting out demons, who doth not follow us, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow us.'
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And Jesus said, `Forbid him not, for there is no one who shall do a mighty work in my name, and shall be able readily to speak evil of me:
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for he who is not against us is for us;
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for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;