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And I besought thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not.
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And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring thy son here.
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And as he was yet a coming, the demon threw him down into convulsions; but Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the child and delivered him again to his father.
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And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they all wondered at all
the things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,
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Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
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But they did not understand this word, and it was hid from them that they should not understand, and they feared to ask him regarding this.
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Then there arose a dispute among them, which of them should be
the greatest.
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But Jesus, seeing the thoughts of their heart, took a child and set him by him,
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and said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receives me, and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me; for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
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And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.
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And Jesus said unto him, Forbid
him not, for he that is not against us is for us.