³³And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, ‘What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?’ ³⁴and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater; ³⁵and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, ‘If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.’ ³⁶And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them, ³⁷‘Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.’ ³⁸And John did answer him, saying, ‘Teacher, we saw a certain one in thy name casting out demons, who doth not follow us, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow us.’ ³⁹And Jesus said, ‘Forbid him not, for there is no one who shall do a mighty work in my name, and shall be able readily to speak evil of me: ⁴⁰for he who is not against us is for us.

⁴¹For whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ’s, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward; ⁴²and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea. ⁴³‘And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire—the unquenchable— ⁴⁴where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.

⁴⁵‘And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire—the unquenchable— ⁴⁶where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched. ⁴⁷And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire— ⁴⁸where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched; ⁴⁹for every one with fire shall be salted, and every sacrifice with salt shall be salted. ⁵⁰The salt is good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season it? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.’

Chapter 10

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Mark 9:35: And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

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