Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you change and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
But Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and do not forbid them to come to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
But Jesus called for the little ones, saying, “Allow the children to come to Me, and do not forbid them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
and like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,