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Luke 9:48

and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all shall be great.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

In Context

47But Jesus, having seen the thought of their heart, taking a little child, He stood him beside Himself,

49Now John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.”

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Cross References

Matthew 10:40“He that receives you receives Me, and he that receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

Matthew 18:10“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 19:28So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the Regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matthew 25:40And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.’

Mark 9:37“Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me, but Him who sent Me.”

Luke 10:16He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.” 1 The Return of the Seventy

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 →

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