[Footnote 2: Or, _teacher_.] [Footnote 3: Gr. _stater_.] § 90. THE TWELVE CONTEND AS TO WHO SHALL BE THE GREATEST UNDER THE MESSIAH'S REIGN. HIS SUBJECTS MUST BE CHILDLIKE Capernaum Mark 9:33-37 |Matt. 18:1-5 |Luke 9:46-48 | | 33 And they came to | 1 In that hour came |46 And there arose Capernaum: and when | the disciples unto | a reasoning among he was in the house | Jesus, saying, Who | them, which of he asked them, What | then is [1]greatest | them should be were ye reasoning in| in the kingdom of | [1]greatest. 34 the way? But they | heaven? | held their peace: | | for they had | | disputed one with | | another in the way, | | who _was_ the | 2 And he |47 But 35 [1]greatest. And he | called to him a | when Jesus saw the sat down, and called| little child, and | reasoning of their the twelve; and he | set him in the midst| heart, he took a saith unto them, If | 3 of them, and said, | little child, and any man would be | Verily I say unto | set him by his first, he shall be | you, Except ye turn,|48 side, and said last of all, and | and become as little| unto them, 36 minister of all. And| children, ye shall | he took a little | in no wise enter | child, and set him | into the kingdom of | in the midst of | 4 heaven. Whosoever | them: and taking him| therefore shall | in his arms, he said| humble himself as | unto them, | this little child, | | the same is the | | [1]greatest in the | | kingdom of heaven. | 37 Whosoever shall | 5 And whoso shall | Whosoever shall receive one of such | receive one such | receive this little children in | little child in my | little child in my my name, receiveth | name receiveth me: | name receiveth me: me: and whosoever | | and whosoever receiveth me, | | shall receive me receiveth not me, | | receiveth him that but him that sent | | sent me: for he me. | | that is [2]least | | among you all, the | | same is great. [Footnote 1: Gr. _greater_.] [Footnote 2: Gr. _lesser_.] § 91. THE MISTAKEN ZEAL OF THE APOSTLE JOHN REBUKED BY JESUS IN PERTINENT PARABLES Capernaum