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Mark 9:31-33
New Catholic Bible
Mark 9:31-33
New Catholic Bible
31 because he was teaching his disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man[a] will be handed over into the power of men. They will kill him, and three days after being killed he will rise.” 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.[b] They came to Capernaum, and once they were in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about during the journey?”
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- Mark 9:31 Son of Man: see note on Mt 8:20.
- 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.
