Mat 18:1-5, Mar 9:33-37 | ISV | STEP | True Greatness At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

Matthew 18:1-5

1 True Greatness Mark 9:33-37; Luke 9:46-48

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”Mark 9:33; Luke 9:46; 22:24 2 Calling a little child forward, he had him stand among them.

3 Then he said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change ^{▼▼Lit. turn} and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.Ps 131:2; Matt 19:14; Mark 10:14; Luke 18:16; 1Cor 14:20; 1Pet 2:2 4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven,Matt 20:27; 23:11 5 and whoever receives a little child like this in my name receives me.”Matt 10:42; Luke 9:48

Causing Others to Sin Mark 9:42-48; Luke 17:1-2

Mark 9:33-37

33 True Greatness Matthew 18:1-5; Luke 9:46-48Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} was at home, he asked the disciples, ^{▼▼Lit. them} “What were you arguing about on the road?”Matt 18:1; Luke 9:46; 22:24 34 But they kept silent, for on the road they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

35 So he sat down and called the twelve. He told them, “If anyone wants to be first he must be last of all and servant of all.”Matt 20:26-27; Mark 10:43 36 Then he took a little child and had him stand among them. He took him in his arms and said to them,Matt 18:2; Mark 10:16 37 “Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”Matt 10:40; Luke 9:48