Jesus and Little Children

Mt 10:40; 18:1-2,5; Mk 9:34,36-37; Lk 9:46-48; Jn 13:20

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Mt10 Mt Mk Lk Jn
  Mt 18:1: Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ προσῆλθον οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ Ἰησοῦ λέγοντες· Τίς ἄρα μείζων ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν; Mk 9:34: οἱ δὲ ἐσιώπων· πρὸς ἀλλήλους γὰρ διελέχθησαν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τίς μείζων. Lk 9:46: Εἰσῆλθεν δὲ διαλογισμὸς ἐν αὐτοῖς, τὸ τίς ἂν εἴη μείζων αὐτῶν.  
 

Mt 18:2: Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος παιδίον

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Mk 9:36: Καὶ λαβὼν παιδίον

Lk 9:47: ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἰδὼς τὸν διαλογισμὸν τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν, ἐπιλαβόμενος παιδίον

 
  ἔστησεν αὐτὸ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν ἔστησεν αὐτὸ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐναγκαλισάμενος αὐτὸ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἔστησεν αὐτὸ παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ

Lk 9:48: καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·

 
 

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Mt 18:5: καὶ ὃς ἐὰν δέξηται ἓν παιδίον τοιοῦτο ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐμὲ δέχεται.¶

Mk 9:37: Ὃς ἂν ἓν τῶν τοιούτων παιδίων δέξηται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐμὲ δέχεται·

Ὃς ἐὰν δέξηται τοῦτο τὸ παιδίον ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐμὲ δέχεται·  
Mt 10:40: Ὁ δεχόμενος ὑμᾶς ἐμὲ δέχεται, καὶ ὁ ἐμὲ δεχόμενος δέχεται τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με.   καὶ ὃς ἂν ἐμὲ δέχηται, οὐκ ἐμὲ δέχεται ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με.¶
καὶ ὃς ἂν ἐμὲ δέξηται, δέχεται τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με· ὁ γὰρ μικρότερος ἐν πᾶσιν ὑμῖν ὑπάρχων οὗτός ἐστιν μέγας.¶
Jn 13:20: ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὁ λαμβάνων ἄν τινα πέμψω ἐμὲ λαμβάνει, ὁ δὲ ἐμὲ λαμβάνων λαμβάνει τὸν πέμψαντά με.¶

 

Mt10 Mt Mk Lk Jn
  Mt 18:1: In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is [the] greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?” Mk 9:34: And they were silent, for along the road they had been discussing with one another which [was] greatest. Lk 9:46: And an argument came up among them, which of them might be greatest.  
 

Mt 18:2: And having summoned a child,

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Mk 9:36: And having taken a child,

Lk 9:47: But Jesus, having known the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a child,

 
  He set it in their midst, He set it in [the] midst of them; and having taken it in [His] arms, He said to them, set it by Him,

Lk 9:48: and He said to them,

 
 

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Mt 18:5: And whoever shall receive one such little child in My name, receives Me.

Mk 9:37: “Whoever shall receive one of such little children in My name, receives Me;

“Whoever shall receive this child in My name, receives Me;  
Mt 10:40: The [One] receiving you receives Me, and the [one] receiving Me receives the [One] having sent Me.   and whoever shall receive Me, does not receive Me, but the [One] having sent Me.” and whoever shall receive Me, receives the [One] having sent Me. For the [one] being least among you all, he shall be great.” Jn 13:20: Truly, truly, I say to you, the [one] receiving whomever I shall send, receives Me; and the [one] receiving Me, receives the [One] having sent Me.”

 

 

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(A discussion arose about) who was the greatest. Jesus took a little child and placed it next to him. He said: “Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me.”