馬可福音9:30-37

9:30 他們離開那地方，經過加利利；耶穌不願意人知道。
9:31 於是教訓門徒，說：「人子將要被交在人手裡，他們要殺害他；被殺以後，過三天他要復活。」
9:32 門徒卻不明白這話，又不敢問他。
9:33 他們來到迦百農。耶穌在屋裡問門徒說：「你們在路上議論的是甚麼？」
9:34 門徒不作聲，因為他們在路上彼此爭論誰為大。
9:35 耶穌坐下，叫十二個門徒來，說：「若有人願意作首先的，他必作眾人末後的，作眾人的用人。」
9:36 於是領過一個小孩子來，叫他站在門徒中間，又抱起他來，對他們說：
9:37 「凡為我名接待一個像這小孩子的，就是接待我；凡接待我的，不是接待我，乃是接待那差我來的。」

³⁰ They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, ³¹ because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.” ³² But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.
³³ They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” ³⁴ But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.
³⁵ Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
³⁶ He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to them, ³⁷ “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

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    這裡似乎有兩件事情，一件是門徒不明白耶穌所說的：「人子將要被交在人手裡，他們要殺害他；被殺以後，過三天他要復活」。另一件是他們在路上彼此爭論誰為大。

    不管這些門徒心中想的是什麼，但是這兩件事情似乎在主耶穌看來是同一件事，所以他用一個小孩子來坐譬喻說話，使他們明白，在他們當中只有「耶穌的名」最大，要靠著個名來接納彼此，沒有大小之分。

    之所以如此，是因為耶穌雖然會受害死了，但是他要勝過死亡，奪回一切的權柄，也透過這個權柄，每一個在基督裡的人要因基督的名互相接納，互相尊崇，沒有誰大誰小的問題，因為在我們當中唯有基督是最大的，是為首的！