41. Jesus answered, “You people who live now have no faith. Your lives are all wrong. How long must I be with you and be patient with you?” Then Jesus said to the man, “Bring your son here.”
42. While the boy was coming, the demon threw him on the ground. The boy lost control of himself. But Jesus gave a strong command to the evil spirit. Then the boy was healed, and Jesus gave him back to his father.
43. All the people were amazed at the great power of God.The people were all wondering about the things Jesus did. But he said to his followers,
44. “Don’t forget the things I tell you now: The Son of Man will be handed over into the control of men.”
45. But the followers did not understand what Jesus meant. The meaning was hidden from them so that they could not understand it. But they were afraid to ask Jesus about what he said.
46. Jesus’ followers began to have an argument about which one of them was the greatest.
47. Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he took a little child and stood the child beside him.
48. Then Jesus said, “If anyone accepts a little child like this in my name, then he accepts me. And when he accepts me, he accepts the One who sent me. He who is least among you all—he is the greatest.”
49. John answered, “Master, we saw someone using your name to force demons out of people. We told him to stop because he does not belong to our group.”
50. Jesus said to him, “Don’t stop him. If a person is not against you, then he is for you.”
51. The time was coming near when Jesus would leave and be taken to heaven. He was determined to go to Jerusalem
52. and sent some men ahead of him. The men went into a town in Samaria to make everything ready for Jesus.
53. But the people there would not welcome him because he was going toward Jerusalem.