Luke 18:17
Greek Text— Luke 18:17Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn’t receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.
How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin.
They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.
All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
Search in the book of Yahweh, and read: not one of these will be missing. None will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants will die in the same way, but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.
Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.
“ ‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us?” But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?
What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.
Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”
Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”
Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.
Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves.
They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.
They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, then I would heal them.’
We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.
Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,
For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’
For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.
He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”
Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don’t receive our witness.
For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.