Mark 9:37

First Nations Version

He then took the child into his arms and said, “When you welcome me, you do not welcome me alone, but also the one who sent me.”

Cross References

Luke 10:16

“The ones who welcome you welcome me. The ones who send you away are sending me away. The ones who send me away send away the one who sent me.” So, after he said these things, the seventy went out, two by two, to all the villages.

Luke 9:48

“The ones representing me who welcome this little child are welcoming me. When you welcome me, you are not only welcoming me but also the one who sent me. That is what I meant when I said, ‘The lowest among you will become the greatest of all.’”

John 10:30

for I and my Father are one.”

John 5:23

He did this so all will honor the Son in the same way they honor the Father. The ones who do not honor the Son do not honor the Father who sent him.

Matthew 18:10

“So do not look down on even one of these little ones, for their spirit-messengers in the spirit-world above always look upon the face of my Father, the one who is above us all.

Matthew 25:40

“‘I speak from my heart,’ he answered them, ‘whatever you did for the least important of my fellow human beings who needed help, you did for me.’

1 Thessalonians 4:8

So the one who turns away from this instruction is not turning away from a human being, but from Creator himself, who has given his Holy Spirit to you.

Mark 9:36

He then stood a small child in front of them. “When you represent me and welcome a child like this one, you welcome me.”

John 13:20

“I speak from my heart. The one who welcomes the one I send welcomes me. The one who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.”