Matthew 18:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

Whosoeuer therefore shal humble himselfe as this litle childe, the same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen.

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  • Matt 23:11-12 : 11 But he that is greatest among you, let him be your seruant. 12 For whosoeuer will exalt himselfe, shall be brought lowe: and whosoeuer will humble himselfe, shalbe exalted.
  • Mark 10:43 : 43 But it shal not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, shall be your seruant.
  • Luke 9:48 : 48 And said vnto them, Whosoeuer receiueth this litle childe in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer shall receiue me, receiueth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, he shall be great.
  • Luke 14:11 : 11 For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shal be exalted.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise ye yonger, submit your selues vnto the elders, & submit your selues euery man, one to another: decke your selues inwardly in lowlinesse of minde: for God resisteth the proude, and giueth grace to the humble.
  • Ps 131:1-2 : 1 A song of degrees or Psalme of Dauid. Lorde, mine heart is not hautie, neither are mine eyes loftie, neither haue I walked in great matters and hid from me. 2 Surely I haue behaued my selfe, like one wained from his mother, and kept silence: I am in my selfe as one that is wained.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus sayth he that is hie and excellent, he that inhabiteth the eternitie, whose Name is the Holy one, I dwell in the high and holy place: with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite to reuiue the spirite of the humble, and to giue life to them that are of a contrite heart.
  • Matt 18:1 : 1 The same time the disciples came vnto Iesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen?
  • Matt 20:26-27 : 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant. 27 And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 18:5-6
    2 verses
    85%

    5And whosoeuer shall receiue one such litle childe in my name, receiueth me.

    6But whosoeuer shal offend one of these litle ones which beleeue in me, it were better for him, that a milstone were hanged about his necke, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

  • Luke 18:14-17
    4 verses
    85%

    14I tell you, this man departed to his house iustified, rather then the other: for euery man that exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted.

    15They brought vnto him also babes that he should touche them. And when his disciples sawe it, they rebuked them.

    16But Iesus called them vnto him, and said, Suffer the babes to come vnto mee, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdome of God.

    17Verely I say vnto you, whosoeuer receiueth not the kingdome of God as a babe, he shall not enter therein.

  • Matt 18:1-3
    3 verses
    85%

    1The same time the disciples came vnto Iesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen?

    2And Iesus called a litle childe vnto him, and set him in the mids of them,

    3And sayd, Verely I say vnto you, except ye be conuerted, and become as litle children, ye shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen.

  • Mark 10:13-16
    4 verses
    84%

    13Then they brought litle children to him, that he should touch them, and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

    14But when Iesus sawe it, he was displeased, and said to them, Suffer the litle children to come vnto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdome of God.

    15Verely I say vnto you, Whosoeuer shall not receiue the kingdome of God as a litle childe, he shall not enter therein.

    16And he tooke them vp in his armes, and put his hands vpon them, and blessed them.

  • Luke 9:46-48
    3 verses
    81%

    46Then there arose a disputation among them, which of them should be the greatest.

    47When Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their heartes, he tooke a litle childe, & set him by him,

    48And said vnto them, Whosoeuer receiueth this litle childe in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer shall receiue me, receiueth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, he shall be great.

  • Mark 9:34-37
    4 verses
    79%

    34And they helde their peace: for by the way they reasoned among themselues, who should bee the chiefest.

    35And he sate downe, and called the twelue, and said to them, If any man desire to be first, the same shalbe last of all, and seruant vnto all.

    36And he tooke a litle childe, and set him in the middes of them, and tooke him in his armes, and sayd vnto them,

    37Whosoeuer shall receiue one of such litle children in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer receiueth mee, receiueth not me, but him that sent me.

  • Matt 23:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11But he that is greatest among you, let him be your seruant.

    12For whosoeuer will exalt himselfe, shall be brought lowe: and whosoeuer will humble himselfe, shalbe exalted.

  • Matt 19:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13Then were brought to him litle children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

    14But Iesus sayd, Suffer the litle children, and forbid them not to come to me: for of such is the kingdome of heauen.

  • Matt 18:10
    74%

    10See that ye despise not one of these litle ones: for I say vnto you, that in heauen their Angels alwayes behold the face of my Father which is in heauen.

  • Mark 10:43-44
    2 verses
    73%

    43But it shal not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, shall be your seruant.

    44And whosoeuer will be chiefe of you, shall be the seruant of all.

  • Luke 14:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10But when thou art bidden, goe and sit downe in the lowest roome, that when he that bade thee, cometh, he may say vnto thee, Friende, sit vp hier: then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at table with thee.

    11For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shal be exalted.

  • Matt 11:11
    72%

    11Verely I say vnto you, among them which are begotten of women, arose there not a greater then Iohn Baptist: notwithstanding, he that is the least in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.

  • Matt 20:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant.

    27And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.

  • Luke 22:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26But yee shall not be so: but let the greatest among you be as the least: and the chiefest as he that serueth.

    27For who is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at table? And I am among you as he that serueth.

  • Matt 5:19
    71%

    19Whosoeuer therefore shall breake one of these least commandements, and teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdome of heauen: but whosoeuer shall obserue and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdome of heauen.

  • Mark 9:42
    71%

    42And whosoeuer shal offend one of these litle ones, that beleeue in me, it were better for him rather, that a milstone were hanged about his necke, and that he were cast into the sea.

  • Matt 5:5
    70%

    5Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherite the earth.

  • Jas 4:10
    70%

    10Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.

  • Matt 18:14
    70%

    14So is it not ye wil of your Father which is in heauen, that one of these litle ones should perish.

  • Luke 7:28
    70%

    28For I say vnto you, there is no greater Prophet then Iohn, among them that are begotten of women: neuerthelesse, hee that is the least in the kingdome of God, is greater then he.

  • Mark 4:31
    70%

    31It is like a graine of mustarde seede, which when it is sowen in the earth, is the least of all seedes that be in the earth:

  • Matt 5:9
    69%

    9Blessed are the peace makers: for they shal be called the children of God.

  • Luke 17:2
    69%

    2It is better for him that a great milstone were hanged about his necke, and that he were cast into ye sea, then that he should offende one of these litle ones.

  • Matt 5:3
    68%

    3Blessed are the poore in spirit, for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.

  • Mark 10:31
    68%

    31But many that are first, shall be last, and the last, first.

  • Matt 13:32
    68%

    32Which in deede is the least of all seedes: but when it is growen, it is the greatest among herbes, and it is a tree, so that the birdes of heauen come and builde in the branches thereof.

  • Matt 21:16
    68%

    16And said vnto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Iesus said vnto them, Yea: read ye neuer, By the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast made perfite the praise?

  • 1 John 4:4
    68%

    4Litle children, ye are of God, and haue ouercome them: for greater is he that is in you, then he that is in this world.

  • 1 Pet 5:6
    67%

    6Humble your selues therefore vnder the mightie hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.

  • Matt 8:12
    67%

    12And the children of the kingdome shall be cast out into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth.