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Luke 9:46-48
An argument started among them about who was the greatest of them.But Jesus, knowing their inner thoughts, took a little child and had him stand next to him.He told them,“ Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me welcomes him who sent me. For whoever is least among you— this one is great.”
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Matthew 20:20-28
Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached him with her sons. She knelt down to ask him for something.“ What do you want?” he asked her.“ Promise,” she said to him,“ that these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right and the other on your left, in your kingdom.”Jesus answered,“ You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?”“ We are able,” they said to him.He told them,“ You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right and left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”When the ten disciples heard this, they became indignant with the two brothers.Jesus called them over and said,“ You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them.It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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Mark 9:33-37
They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them,“ What were you arguing about on the way?”But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest.Sitting down, he called the Twelve and said to them,“ If anyone wants to be first, he must be last and servant of all.”He took a child, had him stand among them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,“ Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me does not welcome me, but him who sent me.”
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Luke 22:24-27
Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.But he said to them,“ The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them have themselves called‘ Benefactors.’It is not to be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever is greatest among you should become like the youngest, and whoever leads, like the one serving.For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.
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Mark 10:14-15
When Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them,“ Let the little children come to me. Don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
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Mark 10:35-45
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him and said,“ Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask you.”“ What do you want me to do for you?” he asked them.They answered him,“ Allow us to sit at your right and at your left in your glory.”Jesus said to them,“ You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”“ We are able,” they told him. Jesus said to them,“ You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”When the ten disciples heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John.Jesus called them over and said to them,“ You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them.But it is not so among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant,and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
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Matthew 23:11
The greatest among you will be your servant.
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Matthew 3:2
and saying,“ Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”
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Romans 12:10
Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honoring one another.
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Matthew 5:19-20
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.
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Matthew 7:21
“ Not everyone who says to me,‘ Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
