Matthew 18:2-4

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2 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them

3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you ¹turn and ²become like children, you ³will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

4 ⁴Whoever humbles himself like this child is the ⁵greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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1. 18:3 See Luke 22:32
2. 18:3 ch. 19:14; Mark 10:15; Luke 18:17; [Ps. 131:2; 1 Cor. 14:20; 1 Pet. 2:2]
3. 18:3 [ch. 5:19, 20]
4. 18:4 ch. 20:27; 23:11, 12
5. 18:4 [See ver. 3 above]

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