Luke 9:48
and said to them: Whoever shall receive this child in my name, receives me; and whoever shall receive me, receives him who sent me; for he that is least among you all, the same is great.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
47And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child and placed it by him,
Cross References
Matthew 10:40He that receives you receives me; and he that receives me receives him who sent me.
Matthew 18:10Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 19:28And Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, that ye who followed me, in the renovation, when the Son of man shall sit on his throne of glory, shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 25:40And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.
Mark 9:37Whoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receives me and whoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him who sent me.
Luke 10:16He that hears you, hears me; and he that rejects you, rejects me; and he that rejects me, rejects him who sent me.
Matthew Henry on Luke 9:44-51
Ambition of the Disciples Reproved. 43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, 44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. 46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. 47 And… Read the whole commentary →