Who Is the Most Important Person?

⁴⁶ The disciples began to argue about which one of them would be the most important person. ⁴⁷ Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he took a little child and had the child stand beside him. ⁴⁸ Then he spoke to them. “Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me,” he said. “And anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. The one considered least important among all of you is really the most important.”