Mark 9:37

Webster's Bible (1833)

"Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me."

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  • Matt 18:3-5 : 3 and said, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. 4 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. 5 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
  • Luke 10:16 : 16 Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."
  • Matt 10:40-42 : 40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward: and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. 42 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most assuredly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
  • Luke 9:48 : 48 and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."
  • John 10:30 : 30 I and the Father are one."
  • John 12:44-45 : 44 Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me. 45 He who sees me sees him who sent me.
  • John 14:21-23 : 21 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him." 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?" 23 Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Therefore he who rejects doesn't reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 "The King will answer them, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, you did it to me.'
  • John 5:23 : 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 9:46-50
    5 verses
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    46 There arose an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.

    47 Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,

    48 and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."

    49 John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow with us."

    50 Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us."

  • Matt 18:1-6
    6 verses
    92%

    1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"

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

    3 and said, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

    4 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

    5 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

    6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

  • Mark 9:35-36
    2 verses
    86%

    35 He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."

    36 He took a little child, and set him in the midst of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

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    39 He who finds his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

    40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

    41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward: and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.

    42 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most assuredly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."

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    13 They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.

    14 But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me! Don't forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

    15 Most assuredly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."

    16 He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

  • 20 Most assuredly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."

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    15 They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

    16 Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

    17 Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."

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

    14 But Jesus said, "Allow the little children, and don't forbid them to come to me; for to such belongs the Kingdom of Heaven."

    15 He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

  • Mark 9:38-42
    5 verses
    75%

    38 John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone who doesn't follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow us."

    39 But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.

    40 For whoever is not against us is on our side.

    41 For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most assuredly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

    42 Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

  • 10 See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

  • 16 Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."

  • 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

  • 5 As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

  • 29 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

  • 45 He who sees me sees him who sent me.

  • 6 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me."

  • 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.

  • 48 He who rejects me, and doesn't receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.

  • 7 Therefore receive one another, even as Christ also received you,{TR reads "us" instead of "you"} to the glory of God.

  • 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:

  • 30 who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life."

  • 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

  • 40 "The King will answer them, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, you did it to me.'

  • 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

  • 45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'

  • 47 Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.