46. And a reasoning arose among them, who might be the greater of them.
47. And יהושע, having seen the reasoning of their heart, took a little child and placed him by His side,
48. and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in My Name receives Me. And whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all, he shall be great.”
49. And Yoḥanan answering, said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your Name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.”
50. But יהושע said to him, “Do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us.”
51. And it came to be, when the days of His taking up were being completed, even He set His face to go to Yerushalayim,
52. and He sent messengers ahead of Him. And they went and entered into a village of the Shomeronites, to prepare for Him.
53. And they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Yerushalayim.
54. And His taught ones, Ya‛aqoḇ and Yoḥanan, seeing it said, “Master, do You wish us to command fire to come down from the heaven and destroy them, as also Ěliyahu did?”
55. But having turned, He rebuked them and said, “You do not know of what spirit you are,
56. for the Son of Aḏam did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went on to another village.
57. And it came to be, as they journeyed on the way, that someone said to Him, “Master, I shall follow You wherever You go.”
58. And יהושע said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven nests, but the Son of Aḏam has nowhere to lay His head.”
59. And He said to another, “Follow Me,” but he said, “Master, let me first go and bury my father.”
60. And יהושע said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and announce the reign of Elohim.”
61. And another also said, “Master, I shall follow You, but let me first say good-bye to those in my house.”
62. But יהושע said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of Elohim.”