Matthew 18:3

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“I tell you the truth, unless you change the way you think and become like little children, you won't ever enter the kingdom of heaven,” he told them.

Cross References

Psalm 131:2

On the contrary, I have chosen to be calm and quiet, like a weaned child with its mother. I am like a weaned child with its mother.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the minds of this people insensitive; make their ears deaf and shut their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their minds, and repent and be healed.”

Matthew 13:15

They have a hard-hearted attitude, they don't want to listen, and they've closed their eyes. If they didn't they might be able to see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand in their minds. Then they could return to me and I would heal them.’

Matthew 18:2

Jesus called over a small child. He had the child stand in front of them.

Matthew 18:4

“But whoever humbles themselves and becomes like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them. The kingdom of heaven belongs to those who are like them!”

Matthew 19:23

“I tell you the truth,” Jesus said to his disciples, “rich people find it hard to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:18

I assure you, until heaven and earth come to an end, not a single letter, not a single dot of the law will come to an end before everything is fulfilled.

Matthew 5:20

I tell you, unless your moral rightness is more than that of the religious teachers and the Pharisees, you can never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 6:16

When you fast, don't be like the hypocrites who put on sad faces and make themselves look terrible so that everyone can see they're fasting. I tell you the truth, they already have their reward.

Matthew 6:2

When you give to the poor, don't be like the hypocrites who blow their own trumpets to announce what they're doing in the synagogues and in the streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth: they already have their reward.

Matthew 6:5

When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand up and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that people can see them. I promise you, they already have their reward.

Mark 4:12

so that even though they see, they don't really ‘see,’ and even though they hear, they don't understand, otherwise they might turn to me and be forgiven.”

Luke 13:24

“Try very hard to enter the narrow doorway, because I tell you that many will try to go in, and won't succeed.

Luke 22:32

but I have prayed for you that your trust in me may not fail. And when you have returned, encourage your brothers.”

John 1:51

Then Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open, and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of man.”

John 3:3

“I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “Unless you are reborn, you can't experience God's kingdom.”

John 3:5

“I tell you the truth, you can't enter God's kingdom unless you are born of water and the Spirit,” Jesus told him.

Acts 14:22

They encouraged the believers to remain firm and to continue to trust in Jesus. “We have to go through many trials to enter God's kingdom,” they said.

Acts 28:27

For the minds of these people have become calloused and hard, their ears cannot hear, their eyes are shut, in case they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their minds, and might come back to me and I would heal them.’

Acts 3:19

Now repent, and change your ways, that your sins can be wiped away, so the Lord can send opportunities for you to heal and recover,

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, don't think like children. Be as innocent as babies in regard to evil, but be grown up in your understanding.

1 Peter 2:2

You should become like newborn babies who only want pure spiritual milk, so you can grow in salvation

2 Peter 1:11

You will receive a tremendous welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.