Mat 18:3 | HCSB | STEP | “ I assure you , ” He said , “unless you are converted and become like children , you will never enter the kingdom of heaven .

c Mt 19:14; Mk 10:15; Lk 18:17; 1Co 14:20; 1Pt 2:2

d Mt 5:20; 7:21; 19:23-24; Mk 9:47; Jn 3:5

Matthew 18:3

3 “ ^{▼▼I assure you: This is a phrase used only by Jesus to testify to the certainty and importance of His words; in Mt, Mk and Lk it is literally Amen, I say to you, and in Jn it is literally Amen, amen, I say to you.}I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted ^{▼▼Or are turned around} and become like children, ^c you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. ^d