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Mark 9:32-34
New Catholic Bible
Mark 9:32-34
New Catholic Bible
32 But they did not understand what he was saying, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
33 The Greatest in the Kingdom.[a] They came to Capernaum, and once they were in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about during the journey?” 34 But they remained silent, for on the way they had been arguing about which one of them was the greatest.
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- Mark 9:33 This incident and the sayings that follow it are most likely intended to be a commentary on the lack of understanding exhibited by the disciples. They are to serve the poor and lowly. Jesus used children as the symbol for the anawim, the poor in spirit, i.e., the lowly in the Christian community.
