Luke 18:17 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁷ Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Truly I say to you, whoever does not accept and receive and welcome the kingdom of God like a little child [does] shall not in any way enter it [at all].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ I assure you that whoever doesn’t welcome God’s kingdom like a child will never enter it.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Amen, I say to you, whoever will not accept the kingdom of God like a child, will not enter into it."

Luke 18:17 Cross References

Matthew 18:3

and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:15

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

1 Peter 1:14

as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 18:16

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

1 Peter 2:2

as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: