Tuesday, June 3 There . . . arose a heated dispute among them over which one of them seemed to be greatest.—Luke 22:24. Jesus’ disciples had a problem. They kept arguing about who was greater. (Mark 9:33-35; 10:43; Luke 9:46) From his long experience with the Father, Jesus knew how Jehovah feels about such prideful tendencies. (2 Sam. 22:28; Ps. 138:6) Moreover, Jesus had seen such inclinations manifested by Satan the Devil. That egotistic individual cared greatly about prominence and position. Hence, how grieved Jesus must have been to see an ambitious attitude continue among the disciples he had trained! It was even found among the ones he had chosen as apostles! They showed an ambitious attitude until the very last day of Jesus’ life on earth. Yet, Jesus kept on reproving them with kindness, without ever losing hope that they would eventually learn to imitate his own humble mental attitude.—Luke 22:25-27; Phil. 2:5-8. w12 4/15 1:12 Good morning all brothers and friends! wol.jw.org/en/wol/h/r1/lp-e
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