27. But Jesus took hold of the boy’s hand and helped him to stand up.
28. Jesus went into the house. His followers were alone with him there. They said, “Why couldn’t we force that evil spirit out?”
29. Jesus answered, “That kind of spirit can only be forced out by prayer.”
30. Then Jesus and his followers left that place and went through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where he was
31. because he wanted to teach his followers alone. He said to them, “The Son of Man will be given to men who will kill him. After three days, he will rise from death.”
32. But the followers did not understand what Jesus meant. And they were afraid to ask.
33. Jesus and his followers went to Capernaum and went into a house there. Then Jesus said to them, “What were you arguing about on the road?”
34. But the followers did not answer, because their argument on the road was about which one of them was the greatest.
35. Jesus sat down and called the 12 apostles to him. He said, “If anyone wants to be the most important, then he must be last of all and servant of all.”
36. Then Jesus took a small child and had him stand among them. He took the child in his arms and said,
37. “If anyone accepts children like these in my name, then he is also accepting me. And if he accepts me, then he is also accepting the One who sent me.”
38. Then John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of a person. We told him to stop, because he does not belong to our group.”