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An argument arose among them as to which one of them was the greatest.
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But Jesus, aware of their inner thoughts, took a little child and put it by his side,
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and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me; for the least among all of you is the greatest."
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