⁷ Accept one another,^(A) then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

⁴⁰ “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me,^(A) and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.^(B)

³⁷ “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”^(A)

⁴⁸ Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.^(A) For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”^(B)

² But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”^(A)

³⁷ All those the Father gives me^(A) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

³⁴ “A new command^(A) I give you: Love one another.^(B) As I have loved you, so you must love one another.^(C)

The Weak and the Strong

14 Accept the one whose faith is weak,^(A) without quarreling over disputable matters.

²⁰ Timothy, guard what has been entrusted^(A) to your care. Turn away from godless chatter^(B) and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, ²¹ which some have professed and in so doing have departed from the faith.^(C)

Grace be with you all.^(D)