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Who Is The Greatest In The Kingdom? Whoever Will Humble Himself Like This Child

18 At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then[a] is greater[b] in the kingdom of the heavens?” And having summoned a child, He stood him[c] in the middle of them, and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are turned-around [d] and become like children[e], you will never enter into the kingdom of the heavens. Therefore whoever will humble himself like this child, this one is the greater one in the kingdom of the heavens.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:1 That is, since You are Messiah, how will we rank in Your kingdom?
  2. Matthew 18:1 Or, greatest.
  3. Matthew 18:2 Or, her. Lit, it (the child).
  4. Matthew 18:3 Or, changed, converted, turned (from your ways to God).
  5. Matthew 18:3 That is, dependent and helpless before God, as this child is before adults and God.

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