Luke 18:17

17 amen dico vobis quicumque non acceperit regnum Dei sicut puer non intrabit in illud

Luke 18:17 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 18:17

Verily I say unto you
, Christ takes an occasion from hence to teach his disciples humility, and guard them against pride and vanity:

whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God;
the King Messiah, the doctrines of the Gospel, and the ordinances of it, even the whole Gospel dispensation;

as a little child;
without prejudice, pride, ambition, and vanity, with meekness, and humility:

shall in no wise enter therein;
a very unfit and improper person to be a professor of the Gospel; or to be admitted to Gospel ordinances: or be a member of a Gospel church; or be reckoned a subject of the Messiah's kingdom, which is of a spiritual nature; and as he has not a meetness for, and a right unto the kingdom of glory, he shall never see it, and enjoy it.

Luke 18:17 In-Context

15 adferebant autem ad illum et infantes ut eos tangeret quod cum viderent discipuli increpabant illos

16 Iesus autem convocans illos dixit sinite pueros venire ad me et nolite eos vetare talium est enim regnum Dei

17 amen dico vobis quicumque non acceperit regnum Dei sicut puer non intrabit in illud

18 et interrogavit eum quidam princeps dicens magister bone quid faciens vitam aeternam possidebo

19 dixit autem ei Iesus quid me dicis bonum nemo bonus nisi solus Deus