Mark:9:30-50

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* Departing thence they passed through Galilee , and He was unwilling that any one should know it ; * for He was teaching His disciples , and telling them , »The Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of men , and they will put Him to death ; and after being put to death , in three days He will rise to life again .« * They , however , did not understand what He meant , and were afraid to question Him . * So they came to Capernaum ; and when in the house He asked them , »What were you arguing about on the way ?« * But they remained silent ; for on the way they had debated with one another who was the chief of them . * Then sitting down He called the Twelve , and said to them , »If any one wishes to be first , he must be last of all and servant of all .« * And taking a young child He made him stand in their midst , then threw His arms round him and said , * »Whoever for my sake receives one such young child as this , receives me ; and whoever receives me , receives not so much me as Him who sent me .« * »Rabbi ,« said John to Him , »we saw a man making use of your name to expel demons , and we tried to hinder him , on the ground that he did not follow us .« * »You should not have tried to hinder him ,« replied Jesus , »for there is no one who will use my name to perform a miracle and be able the next minute to speak evil of me . * He who is not against us is for us ; * and whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ , I solemnly tell you that he will certainly not lose his reward . * »And whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe , he would be better off if , with a millstone round his neck , he were lying at the bottom of the sea .« * If your hand should cause you to sin , cut it off : it would be better for you to enter into Life maimed , than remain in possession of both your hands and go away into Gehenna , into the fire which cannot be put out . * [] * Or if your foot should cause you to sin , cut it off : it would be better for you to enter into Life crippled , than remain in possession of both your feet and be thrown into Gehenna . * [] * Or if your eye should cause you to sin , tear it out . It would be better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God half-blind than remain in possession of two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna , * where * Every one , however , will be salted with fire . * Salt is a good thing , but if the salt should become tasteless , what will you use to give it saltness ? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another .«

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