Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,
but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”
But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—