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- From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.
- For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later."
- But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.
- They came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them, "What were you discussing on the way?"
- But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.
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- Sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."
- Taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,
- "Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me."
- John said to Him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us."
- But Jesus said, "Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.
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- "For he who is not against us is for us.
- "For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.
- "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.
- "If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,
- [where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.]
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- "If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell,
- [where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.]
- "If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell,
- where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.
- "For everyone will be salted with fire.
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- "Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
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