¹⁴ Jesus said, “Leave the little children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”^[a](A)

¹⁵ Truly I tell you,^(A) whoever does not receive^[a](B) the kingdom of God like a little child^(C) will never enter it.”

¹⁷ Truly I tell you,^(A) whoever does not receive^(B) the kingdom of God like a little child^(C) will never enter it.”

²⁰ Brothers and sisters, 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 milk of the word,^[a](A) so that by it you may grow up into your salvation,