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.”