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At that time the disciples came to Jesus, asking, "Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?"
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So Jesus called a child to come and stand in front of them,
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and said, "I assure you that unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven.
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The greatest in the Kingdom of heaven is the one who humbles himself and becomes like this child.
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And whoever welcomes in my name one such child as this, welcomes me.
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"If anyone should cause one of these little ones to lose his faith in me, it would be better for that person to have a large millstone tied around his neck and be drowned in the deep sea.
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How terrible for the world that there are things that make people lose their faith! Such things will always happen - but how terrible for the one who causes them!
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"If your hand or your foot makes you lose your faith, cut it off and throw it away! It is better for you to enter life without a hand or a foot than to keep both hands and both feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
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