Mark 9:33-41 (Gospel)
- 33
- Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them, “What was it you disputed among yourselves on the road?”
- 34
- But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest.
- 35
- And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”
- 36
- Then He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them,
- 37
- “Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.”
- 38
- Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.”
- 39
- But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me.
- 40
- For he who is not against us is on our side.
- 41
- For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.