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1 At the same time came the disciples to Jesus, saying, who is to be the greatest in the kingdom of the Messiah? 2 and Jesus called a child to him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, I declare to you, except ye lay aside your ambition, and become as children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of the Messias. 4 he therefore who shall become as void of ambition as this child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of the Messiah. 5 and whoever shall receive one that is like such a child, in my name, receiveth me. 6 But whoever shall occasion such an humble believer to fall off from the faith, it were better for him that a mill-stone were hang'd about his neck, and that he were plung'd to the bottom of the sea. 7 wo unto the world, because of such scandals: tho' it cannot be, but that such occasions of relapsing should happen: yet wo to that man by whom the scandal cometh. Matthew 18:1-7, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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