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and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are turned-around [a] and become like children[b], you will never enter into the kingdom of the heavens. Therefore whoever will humble himself like this child, this one is the greater one in the kingdom of the heavens.

But Woe To Whoever Causes One of My Children Believing In Me To Fall

“And whoever welcomes[c] one such[d] child on the basis of My name, welcomes Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:3 Or, changed, converted, turned (from your ways to God).
  2. Matthew 18:3 That is, dependent and helpless before God, as this child is before adults and God.
  3. Matthew 18:5 Having answered their question, Jesus goes on to draw another lesson from this child.
  4. Matthew 18:5 That is, one such physical child like this one before them; or, one such spiritual child of any age who humbles himself in the way just mentioned.

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