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Luke 9:46-56

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46 An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.
46 They started arguing over which of them would be most famous.
47 But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side
47 When Jesus realized how much this mattered to them, he brought a child to his side.
48 and said to them, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great."
48 "Whoever accepts this child as if the child were me, accepts me," he said. "And whoever accepts me, accepts the One who sent me. You become great by accepting, not asserting. Your spirit, not your size, makes the difference."
49 John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us."
49 John spoke up, "Master, we saw a man using your name to expel demons and we stopped him because he wasn't of our group."
50 But Jesus said to him, "Do not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you."
50 Jesus said, "Don't stop him. If he's not an enemy, he's an ally."
51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
51 When it came close to the time for his Ascension, he gathered up his courage and steeled himself for the journey to Jerusalem.
52 And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him.
52 He sent messengers on ahead. They came to a Samaritan village to make arrangements for his hospitality.
53 But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem.
53 But when the Samaritans learned that his destination was Jerusalem, they refused hospitality.
54 And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"
54 When the disciples James and John learned of it, they said, "Master, do you want us to call a bolt of lightning down out of the sky and incinerate them?"
55 But he turned and rebuked them.
55 Jesus turned on them: "Of course not!"
56 And they went on to another village.
56 And they traveled on to another village.
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