Leaving Cæsarea Philippi, Jesus
and his disciples passed through Galilee; but he wished no one to
know of this, for he was teaching his disciples. He said to them,
"The Son of Man will be betrayed and men will put him to death, but
in three days he will rise from the dead." But they did not
understand his meaning and were afraid to ask.
When they had reached Capernaum and were in the house, he asked
them, "What were you arguing about on the way?" But they made no
reply, for they had been disputing on the way about which of them
was greatest. Sitting down, he called the twelve disciples, and
said, "If any one wishes to be first, he will be last of all and
servant of all." Then he took a little child and set him by his side
and with his arm around him said to them, "Whoever receives a little
child like this in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me,
receives not only me, but God who sent me."