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Luke 9:48
He told them,“ Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me welcomes him who sent me. For whoever is least among you— this one is great.”
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Titus 1:7-16
As an overseer of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled,holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.For there are many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from the circumcision party.It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.One of their very own prophets said,“ Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”This testimony is true. For this reason, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faithand may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of people who reject the truth.To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.They claim to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
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Luke 22:24-27
Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.But he said to them,“ The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them have themselves called‘ Benefactors.’It is not to be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever is greatest among you should become like the youngest, and whoever leads, like the one serving.For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.
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Mark 9:34
But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest.
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Romans 12:10
Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honoring one another.
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Matthew 23:4-8
They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.They do everything to be seen by others: They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues,greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called‘ Rabbi’ by people.“ But you are not to be called‘ Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters.
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Matthew 20:20-28
Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached him with her sons. She knelt down to ask him for something.“ What do you want?” he asked her.“ Promise,” she said to him,“ that these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right and the other on your left, in your kingdom.”Jesus answered,“ You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?”“ We are able,” they said to him.He told them,“ You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right and left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”When the ten disciples heard this, they became indignant with the two brothers.Jesus called them over and said,“ You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them.It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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Philippians 2:3-5
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.Everyone should look not to his own interests, but rather to the interests of others.Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus,
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Matthew 10:40-42
“ The one who welcomes you welcomes me, and the one who welcomes me welcomes him who sent me.Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous will receive a righteous person’s reward.And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
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3 John 1 8
(niv)
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Mark 9:37
“ Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” (niv)
