Matthew 18:5

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Matthew 18:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.

6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

7 Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

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Matthew 10:40

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Matthew 10:41

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Matthew 10:42

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Matthew 25:40

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Luke 9:48

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Luke 17:1

Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

Luke 17:2

It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

Mark 9:37

“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”

John 13:20

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Galatians 4:14

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