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. Further, he who is least among all of you, he will be great.”
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
47So Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their heart, took a little child and had him stand beside Him,
Cross References
Matthew 10:40“The one receiving you receives me, and the one receiving me receives the One who sent me.
Matthew 18:10“See to it 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 the heavens.
Matthew 19:28So Jesus said to them: “Assuredly I say to you that in the Regeneration, when the Son of the Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 25:40And in answer the King will 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 such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives not only me, but the One who sent me.”
Luke 10:16“He who listens to you listens to me, and he who rejects you rejects me; but he who 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 →