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Whoever will humble himself therefore and become like this little child [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving] is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

And whoever receives and accepts and welcomes one little child like this for My sake and in My name receives and accepts and welcomes Me.

But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in and [a]acknowledge and cleave to Me to stumble and sin [that is, who entices him or hinders him in right conduct or thought], it would be better ([b]more expedient and profitable or advantageous) for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be sunk in the depth of the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:6 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  2. Matthew 18:6 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.

Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.(A) And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.(B)

Causing to Stumble

“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.(C)

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