Luke 9:48

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then he said to the followers, “Whoever accepts a little child like this in my name is accepting me. And anyone who accepts me is also accepting the one who sent me. The one among you who is the most humble—this is the one who is great.”

Cross References

Luke 14:11

Everyone who makes themselves important will be made humble. But everyone who makes themselves humble will be made important.”

1 Peter 5:6

So be humble under God’s powerful hand. Then he will lift you up when the right time comes.

Luke 22:26

But you must not be like that. The one with the most authority among you should act as if he is the least important. The one who leads should be like one who serves.

John 13:20

I assure you, whoever accepts the person I send also accepts me. And whoever accepts me also accepts the one who sent me.”

Luke 10:16

“When anyone listens to you my followers, they are really listening to me. But when anyone refuses to accept you, they are really refusing to accept me. And when anyone refuses to accept me, they are refusing to accept the one who sent me.”

Revelation 3:21

“I will let everyone who wins the victory sit with me on my throne. It was the same with me. I won the victory and sat down with my Father on his throne.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

So anyone who refuses to obey this teaching is refusing to obey God, not us. And God is the one who gives you his Holy Spirit.

John 14:21

Those who really love me are the ones who not only know my commands but also obey them. My Father will love such people, and I will love them. I will make myself known to them.”

Luke 22:30

You will eat and drink at my table in that kingdom. You will sit on thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke 7:28

I tell you, no one ever born is greater than John. But even the least important person in God’s kingdom is greater than John.”

Mark 9:37

“Whoever accepts children like these in my name is accepting me. And anyone who accepts me is also accepting the one who sent me.”

Matthew 25:45

“The king will answer, ‘The truth is, anything you refused to do for any of my people here, you refused to do for me.’

Matthew 25:40

“Then the king will answer, ‘The truth is, anything you did for any of my people here, you also did for me.’

Matthew 19:28

Jesus said to them, “When the time of the new world comes, the Son of Man will sit on his great and glorious throne. And I can promise that you who followed me will sit on twelve thrones, and you will judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matthew 18:14

in the same way your Father in heaven does not want any of these little children to be lost.

Matthew 18:10

“Be careful. Don’t think these little children are not important. I tell you that these children have angels in heaven. And those angels are always with my Father in heaven.

Proverbs 18:12

A proud person will soon be ruined, but a humble person will be honored.

Revelation 21:14

The walls of the city were built on twelve foundation stones. On the stones were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.