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They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it;
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for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."
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But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.
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And they came to Caper'na-um; and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?"
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But they were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest.
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And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."
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And he took a child, and put him in the midst of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,
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"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)
