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life, He said to Peter like this, ‘Take the first fish you catch;
open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin.
Take it and give it to them.’ Do you understand?
Now, it says in Matthew 18:1, which is the first part of this
sermon, the disciples asked Jesus, ‘Who is the greatest in
the kingdom of heaven?’ For the disciples had no idea
at that time about that Jesus would die on the cross and
rise again, they used to argue to get a high position when
Jesus would recover Israel and become king. So, Luke 9:46
support this, ‘An argument started among the disciples as
to which of them would be the greatest’. However, Jesus
knew their thoughts. And these disciples who had such
a rivalry in place wondered how Jesus would give high
places to them, so they came to Jesus and asked, ‘Who
is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ Because they
thought they would have nothing to argue if He would tell
about their ranking like this, ‘you are to be a high-ranking
government official, or you should minister this high
position.’ But it said that Jesus did not answer and called a
little child and had him stand in front of his disciples.
Dear friends, if he is a little child, could it be called
a little child around what age? Under 7? Yes. It could be
called a little child if he is under the age of 7. Anyway, I
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