Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

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?” ² And having summoned a child, He stood him^[c] in the middle of them, ³ 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. ⁴ Therefore whoever will humble himself like this child, this one is the greater one in the kingdom of the heavens.

But Woe To Whoever Causes One of My Children Believing In Me To Fall

⁵ “And whoever welcomes^[f] one such^[g] child on the basis of My name, welcomes Me. ⁶ But whoever causes one of these little ones believing in Me to fall— it would be better^[h] for him that a donkey’s millstone^[i] be hung around his neck and he be sunk in the deep-part^[j] of the sea.

Woe To The World Because of Causes of Falling. Better To Tear Out Your Eye

⁷ “Woe to the world because of the causes-of-falling. For it is a necessity that causes-of-falling should come; nevertheless, woe to the person through whom the cause-of-falling comes.