009:033 So they came to Capernaum; and when in the house He asked them,
"What were you arguing about on the way?"
009:034 But they remained silent; for on the way they had debated
with one another who was the chief of them.
009:035 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."
009:036 And taking a young child He made him stand in their midst, then threw His arms round him and said,
009:037 "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."
009:038 "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."
009:039 "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.
009:040 He who is not against us is for us;
009:041 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.
009:042 "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.