Mark 9:25-35

25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he ordered the evil spirit, saying, "You spirit that makes people unable to hear or speak, I command you to come out of this boy and never enter him again!"
26 The evil spirit screamed and caused the boy to fall on the ground again. Then the spirit came out. The boy looked as if he were dead, and many people said, "He is dead!"
27 But Jesus took hold of the boy's hand and helped him to stand up.
28 When Jesus went into the house, his followers began asking him privately, "Why couldn't we force that evil spirit out?"
29 Jesus answered, "That kind of spirit can only be forced out by prayer."
30 Then Jesus and his followers left that place and went through Galilee. He didn't want anyone to know where he was,
31 because he was teaching his followers. He said to them, "The Son of Man will be handed over to people, and they will kill him. After three days, he will rise from the dead."
32 But the followers did not understand what Jesus meant, and they were afraid to ask him.
33 Jesus and his followers went to Capernaum. When they went into a house there, he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?"
34 But the followers did not answer, because their argument on the road was about which one of them was the greatest.
35 Jesus sat down and called the twelve apostles to him. He said, "Whoever wants to be the most important must be last of all and servant of all."
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