Matthew 18:3

Good News Translation (US Version)

and said, “I assure you that unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:2

Be like newborn babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by drinking it you may grow up and be saved.

Matthew 19:14

Jesus said, “Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

1 Corinthians 14:20

Do not be like children in your thinking, my friends; be children so far as evil is concerned, but be grown up in your thinking.

Psalm 131:2

Instead, I am content and at peace. As a child lies quietly in its mother's arms, so my heart is quiet within me.

John 3:5

“I am telling you the truth,” replied Jesus, “that no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, “I am telling you the truth: no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born again.”

Luke 13:24

“Do your best to go in through the narrow door; because many people will surely try to go in but will not be able.

Acts 3:19

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that he will forgive your sins. If you do,

Acts 28:27

because this people's minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.’”

John 1:51

And he said to them, “I am telling you the truth: you will see heaven open and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of Man.”

Matthew 5:20

I tell you, then, that you will be able to enter the Kingdom of heaven only if you are more faithful than the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees in doing what God requires.

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you turn back to me, you must strengthen your brothers.”

Mark 4:12

so that, ‘They may look and look, yet not see; they may listen and listen, yet not understand. For if they did, they would turn to God, and he would forgive them.’”

2 Peter 1:11

In this way you will be given the full right to enter the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Acts 14:22

They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. “We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God,” they taught.

Matthew 19:23

Jesus then said to his disciples, “I assure you: it will be very hard for rich people to enter the Kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 13:15

because their minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and have closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.’

Matthew 6:16

“And when you fast, do not put on a sad face as the hypocrites do. They neglect their appearance so that everyone will see that they are fasting. I assure you, they have already been paid in full.

Matthew 6:5

“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites! They love to stand up and pray in the houses of worship and on the street corners, so that everyone will see them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full.

Isaiah 6:10

Then he said to me, “Make the minds of these people dull, their ears deaf, and their eyes blind, so that they cannot see or hear or understand. If they did, they might turn to me and be healed.”

Matthew 6:2

“So when you give something to a needy person, do not make a big show of it, as the hypocrites do in the houses of worship and on the streets. They do it so that people will praise them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full.

Matthew 5:18

Remember that as long as heaven and earth last, not the least point nor the smallest detail of the Law will be done away with—not until the end of all things.

Matthew 18:2

So Jesus called a child to come and stand in front of them,

Matthew 18:4

The greatest in the Kingdom of heaven is the one who humbles himself and becomes like this child.