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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them. English Standard Version A dispute also arose among them, as to ... Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them. King James Bible And there was also a strife among them, which of ... Luke 22:24 27New Living Translation (NLT). 24 Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them. 25 Jesus told them ... So they began to argue among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do this thing. International Standard Version Then they began to discuss ...

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Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them. English Standard Version A dispute also arose among them, as to ...
Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them. King James Bible And there was also a strife among them, which of ...
Luke 22:24
27New Living Translation (NLT). 24 Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them. 25 Jesus told them ...
So they began to argue among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do this thing. International Standard Version Then they began to discuss ...