Matthew 18:2

WEB

²Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them

KJV

²And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

BSB

²Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

FBV

²Jesus called over a small child. He had the child stand in front of them.

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Extra References

Matthew 19:13-14

¹³Then little children were brought to him that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴But 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.”

1 Kings 3:7

⁷Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in.

Mark 9:36-37

³⁶He took a little child and set him in the middle of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, ³⁷“Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.”

Jeremiah 1:7

⁷But the LORD said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.