Luke 18:17
Verily I say to you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
18And a certain ruler asked him saying, Good teacher, having done what, shall I inherit eternal life?
Cross References
Matthew 18:3and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
1 Peter 1:14as children of obedience, not conformed to [your] former lusts in your ignorance;
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:16-18
Christ's Attention to Children. 15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. This passage of story we had both in Matthew and Mark; it very fitly follows here after the story of the… Read the whole commentary →