Mat 18:3, Luk 18:17, Joh 3:3-6 | ESV | STEP | and said , Truly , I say to you , unless you turn and become like children , you will never enter the kingdom of heaven .

Matthew 18:3

3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you ^aturn and ^bbecome like children, you ^cwill never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 18:17

17 ^dTruly, I say to you, whoever does not ^ereceive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

John 3:3-6

3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is ^fborn ^gagain ^{▼▼Or from above; the Greek is purposely ambiguous and can mean both again and from above; also verse 7} he cannot ⁱsee the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born ^jof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 ^kThat which is born of the flesh is ^lflesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ^{▼▼The same Greek word means both wind and spirit}