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Luke 9:46-48
The disciples began to argue about which one of them would be the most important person.Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he took a little child and had the child stand beside him.Then he spoke to them.“ Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me,” he said.“ And anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. The one considered least important among all of you is really the most important.”
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Matthew 20:20-28
The mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus. Her sons came with her. Getting on her knees, she asked a favor of him.“ What do you want?” Jesus asked. She said,“ Promise me that one of my two sons may sit at your right hand in your kingdom. Promise that the other one may sit at your left hand.”“ You don’t know what you’re asking for,” Jesus said to them.“ Can you drink the cup of suffering I am going to drink?”“ We can,” they answered.Jesus said to them,“ You will certainly drink from my cup. But it is not for me to say who will sit at my right or left hand. These places belong to those my Father has prepared them for.”The other ten disciples heard about this. They became angry at the two brothers.Jesus called them together. He said,“ You know about the rulers of the Gentiles. They hold power over their people. Their high officials order them around.Don’t be like that. Instead, anyone who wants to be important among you must be your servant.And anyone who wants to be first must be your slave.Be like the Son of Man. He did not come to be served. Instead, he came to serve others. He came to give his life as the price for setting many people free.”
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Mark 9:33-37
Jesus and his disciples came to a house in Capernaum. There he asked them,“ What were you arguing about on the road?”But they kept quiet. On the way, they had argued about which one of them was the most important person.Jesus sat down and called for the 12 disciples to come to him. Then he said,“ Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last. They must be the servant of everyone.”Jesus took a little child and had the child stand among them. Then he took the child in his arms. He said to them,“ Anyone who welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me. And anyone who welcomes me also welcomes the one who sent me.”
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Luke 22:24-27
They also started to argue. They disagreed about which of them was thought to be the most important person.Jesus said to them,“ The kings of the Gentiles hold power over their people. And those who order them around call themselves Protectors.But you must not be like that. Instead, the most important among you should be like the youngest. The one who rules should be like the one who serves.Who is more important? Is it the one at the table, or the one who serves? Isn’t it the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
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Mark 10:14-15
When Jesus saw this, he was angry. He said to his disciples,“ Let the little children come to me. Don’t keep them away. God’s kingdom belongs to people like them.What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who will not receive God’s kingdom like a little child will never enter it.”
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Mark 10:35-45
James and John came to Jesus. They were the sons of Zebedee.“ Teacher,” they said,“ we would like to ask you for a favor.”“ What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.They replied,“ Let one of us sit at your right hand in your glorious kingdom. Let the other one sit at your left hand.”“ You don’t know what you’re asking for,” Jesus said.“ Can you drink the cup of suffering I drink? Or can you go through the baptism of suffering I must go through?”“ We can,” they answered. Jesus said to them,“ You will drink the cup I drink. And you will go through the baptism I go through.But it is not for me to say who will sit at my right or left hand. These places belong to those they are prepared for.”The other ten disciples heard about it. They became angry at James and John.Jesus called them together. He said,“ You know about those who are rulers of the Gentiles. They hold power over their people. Their high officials order them around.Don’t be like that. Instead, anyone who wants to be important among you must be your servant.And anyone who wants to be first must be the slave of everyone.Even the Son of Man did not come to be served. Instead, he came to serve others. He came to give his life as the price for setting many people free.”
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Philippians 2:3
Don’t do anything only to get ahead. Don’t do it because you are proud. Instead, be humble. Value others more than yourselves.
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Matthew 23:11
The most important person among you will be your servant.
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Matthew 3:2
He said,“ Turn away from your sins! The kingdom of heaven has come near.”
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Romans 12:10
Love one another deeply. Honor others more than yourselves.
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Matthew 5:19-20
Do not ignore even one of the least important commands. And do not teach others to ignore them. If you do, you will be called the least important person in the kingdom of heaven. Instead, practice and teach these commands. Then you will be called important in the kingdom of heaven.Here is what I tell you. You must be more godly than the Pharisees and the teachers of the law. If you are not, you will certainly not enter 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. Only those who do what my Father in heaven wants will enter.
