Mat 18:2-6 | ESV | STEP | And calling to him a child , he put him in the midst of them

aSee Luke 22:32

b ch. 19:14; Mark 10:15; Luke 18:17; [Ps. 131:2; 1 Cor. 14:20; 1 Pet. 2:2]

c[ch. 5:19, 20]

d ch. 20:27; 23:11, 12

e[See ver. 3 above]

f[ch. 10:40, 42]

g Mark 9:42

h Luke 17:2; [1 Cor. 8:12]

Matthew 18:2-6

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 ^aturn and ^bbecome like children, you ^cwill never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 ^dWhoever humbles himself like this child is the ^egreatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 ^f“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, 6 but ^gwhoever causes one of these ^hlittle ones who believe in me to sin, ^{▼▼Greek causes . . . to stumble; also verses 8, 9} it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.