Matthew 18:1-7

Rank in the Kingdom

1 ¹At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, "²Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

2 And He called a child to Himself and set him before * them,

3 and said, "Truly I say to you, unless * you are converted and ³become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

4 "Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 "And whoever * receives one such child in My name receives Me;

6 but ⁴whoever * ⁵causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Stumbling Blocks

7 "Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For ⁶it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!

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