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


In Context

14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.|

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

18 A certain ruler asked him, saying, |Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?|

19 Jesus asked him, |Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one—God.

Luke 18:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:17Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:17I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:17Amen, I say to you: Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a child, shall not enter into it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:17Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17Verily I say to you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:17Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17Verily I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter into it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17verily I say to you, Whoever may not receive the reign of God as a little child, may not enter into it.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:17Truly I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.