Mark 9:37

“When a person loves me and is kind and friendly to a little child, then that person is being kind and friendly to me. And if that person is kind and friendly to me, they are being kind and friendly to my father too. And he is the one who sent me.” And you can read this story in Luke 9:49-50

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In The King James Version

Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

In Context

36Jesus found a little boy and put him in the middle of the group. He picked the boy up and said,

38John, one of the followers, said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to send bad spirits out of people. He is not one of our group and so we told him to stop.”

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Matthew Henry on Mark 9:31-41

The Apostles Reproved. 30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. 31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. 32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. 33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 34 But they… Read the whole commentary →

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