17Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-17)This passage of story we had both in Matthew and Mark; it very fitly follows here after the story of the publican, as a confirmation of the truth which was to be illustrated by that parable, that those shall be accepted with God, and honoured, who humble themselves, and for them Christ has blessings in store , the choicest and best of blessings. Observe here, 1. Those who are themselves blessed in…
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