¹⁴ Then Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to Me, because the kingdom of heaven is made up of people like this.”^[a](A)

¹⁵ I assure you:^(A) Whoever does not welcome^[a](B) the kingdom of God like a little child^(C) will never enter it.”

¹⁷ I assure you:^(A) Whoever does not welcome^(B) the kingdom of God like a little child^(C) will never enter it.”

²⁰ Brothers, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.^(A)

² Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk,^(A) so that you may grow by it for your salvation,^[a]