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23 Then the apostles started arguing about who would ever do such a thing.

An Argument about Greatness

24 (A) The apostles got into an argument about which one of them was the greatest. 25 (B) So Jesus told them:

Foreign kings order their people around, and powerful rulers call themselves everyone's friends.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 22.25 everyone's friends: This translates a Greek word that rulers sometimes used as a title for themselves or for special friends.

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