Matthew 18:3

New Messianic Version Bible

He said: “I say to you, if you do not turn to become like this child, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven”

Cross References

1 Peter 2:2

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that you2f may grow thereby unto salvation:

Matthew 19:14

Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to them: “Permit the children to come to me and do not restrain them, for the Kingdom of heaven is theirs. Truly I say to you that one will not enter the Kingdom of heaven except he shall be like these”.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be you2f children, but in understanding be men.

Psalm 131:2

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a weaned child.

John 3:5

Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered, Truly, truly, I say unto youi, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit [Ruach], he cannot enter into the kingdom of God-The Father.

John 3:3

Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered and said unto him, Truly, truly, I say unto youi, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God-The Father.

Luke 13:24

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Acts 3:19

Repent you2f therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord - Kurios;

Acts 28:27

For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

John 1:51

And he says unto him, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Hereafter you2f shall see heaven open, and the angels of God-The Father ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.

Matthew 5:20

At that time Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to his disciples: “Truly I say to you: if your righteousness is not greater than the P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] and the Torah-teachers (Scribes), you shall not enter into the Kingdom of heaven”.

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for youi, that youri faith fail not: and when youi are converted, strengthen youri brethren.

Mark 4:12

That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and [their] sins should be forgiven them.

2 Peter 1:11

For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord - Kurios and Saviour Yeshua [God is Salvation] Moshiach [Messiah].

Acts 14:22

Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God-The Father.

Matthew 19:23

Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to his disciples: “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of heaven”.

Matthew 13:15

“Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they, seeing with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, and understanding with their heart, return, and be healed.”

Matthew 6:16

Again he said to them: “When you fast do not be as the sad hypocrites who make themselves appear sad and who change their faces, to show their fasting before men; truly I say to you, they have already received their reward”.

Matthew 6:5

At that time Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to his disciples: “When you pray do not raise your voice and do not be like the sad hypocrites who love to pray in the synagogues and in the corner of the courtyards and pray with arrogant (proud; lifted up) speech that men might hear and praise them. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward already”.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

Matthew 6:2

Again Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to them: “When you do charitable deeds do not wish to make a proclamation or blow trumpets before you as the hypocrites, who do their charitable deeds in the market places and in the streets in order that men might see them. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward already”.

Matthew 5:18

“Truly I say to you that until heaven and earth depart, one letter or one nikkudot (which means: ‘vowel point’) shall not be abolished from the Torah or the Prophets, because all will be fulfilled”.

Matthew 18:2

He called a small child and placed him in their midst.