Mark 9:33-37 ▼

33 Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was at home, he asked the disciples, |What were you arguing about on the road?|

34 They were silent. On the road they had argued about who was the greatest.

35 He sat down and called the twelve apostles. He told them, |Whoever wants to be the most important person must take the last place and be a servant to everyone else.|

36 Then he took a little child and had him stand among them. He put his arms around the child and said to them,

37 |Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me. Whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.|