Matthew 18:1-7

Good News Translation

Who Is the Greatest? ^(A)

18 ^(B)At that time the disciples came to Jesus, asking, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?”

² So Jesus called a child to come and stand in front of them, ^3 (C)and said, “I assure you that unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven. ⁴ The greatest in the Kingdom of heaven is the one who humbles himself and becomes like this child. ⁵ And whoever welcomes in my name one such child as this, welcomes me.

Temptations to Sin^(D)

⁶ “If anyone should cause one of these little ones to lose his faith in me, it would be better for that person to have a large millstone tied around his neck and be drowned in the deep sea. ⁷ How terrible for the world that there are things that make people lose their faith! Such things will always happen—but how terrible for the one who causes them!