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Matthew 18:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me, "

Matthew 18:5

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3 and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

4 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

5 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

7 “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

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Mark 9:37

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"“Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.”"

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"and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”"

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"“He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me."

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"Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.”"

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"Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.”"

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"“Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck."

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Matthew 18:1

"In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”"

Matthew 18:2

"Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them"

Matthew 18:3

"and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven."

Matthew 18:4

"Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven."

Matthew 18:6

"but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea."

Matthew 18:7

"“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!"

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