'Anyone who welcomes one little child like this in my name welcomes me.' Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14

Today's Readings

'Anyone who welcomes one little child like this in my name welcomes me.'

Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14

 

¹ At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, 'Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?'

² So he called a little child to him whom he set among them.

³ Then he said, 'In truth I tell you, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven.

⁴ And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven.

⁵ 'Anyone who welcomes one little child like this in my name welcomes me.

¹⁰ 'See that you never despise any of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven are continually in the presence of my Father in heaven.

¹² 'Tell me. Suppose a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays; will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go in search of the stray?

¹³ In truth I tell you, if he finds it, it gives him more joy than do the ninety-nine that did not stray at all.

¹⁴ Similarly, it is never the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.