Therefore, the person who will humble himself, as this little child, is the most important person in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And the person who welcomes one little child like this, in my name [i.e., because he belongs to me], welcomes me [also]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And whoever receives and accepts and welcomes one little child like this for My sake and in My name receives and accepts and welcomes Me. American Standard Version (1901) And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me: Common English Bible Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. Catholic Public Domain Version And whoever shall accept one such little child in my name, accepts me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me. |
Therefore, the person who will humble himself, as this little child, is the most important person in the kingdom of heaven.
But that person who causes one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of the Lord] who believes in me to be led astray [from God], he would have been better off to have had a huge millstone tied around his neck and been dumped into a deep ocean [Note: This “millstone” was a heavy circular stone rolled over grain to crush it and was moved by an animal walking in a circle].
And the King will answer them and say, ‘Truly I tell you, since you did all this for one of my least [significant] brothers, you did it for me.’
Then the Lord will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, since you did not do it for one of these least [significant brothers of mine], you did not do it for me.’
For every person who asks will [certainly] receive; and the one who looks will [certainly] find; and to the person who knocks, the door will [certainly] be opened.
“Whoever welcomes one such little child [as this] for my sake, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, does not welcome me [only], but [also] the One who sent me.”
Truly I tell you, whoever will give you [even] a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his [temporal or eternal] reward.
and said to the disciples, “The person who welcomes this little child in my name [i.e., because he belongs to me], welcomes me [also]. And the person who welcomes me [i.e., into his life (?)] welcomes God, who sent me. For that person who is the least [significant] among you men is the one who is the greatest [in importance].”
Truly, truly, I tell you, the person who welcomes whoever I send welcomes me; and the one who welcomes me, welcomes God, who sent me.”
And when you could have been tempted to look down on me [because of the nature of my affliction], instead you welcomed me as [if I were] an angel, or even Christ Jesus Himself!