Matthew 18:4

The Question About Who Is Greatest

³ Then he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom from heaven. ⁴ Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom from heaven, ⁵ and whoever receives a little child like this in my name receives me."

Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven

Kingdom of Heaven

Little Child

Messiah

Matthew 23:11-12

The person who is greatest among you must be your servant.

Psalm 131:1-2

LORD, my heart is not arrogant, nor do I look haughty. I do not aspire to great things, nor concern myself with things beyond my ability.

Isaiah 57:15

"For this is what the high and lofty One says, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "He lives in the height and in holiness, and also with the one who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Matthew 18:1

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom from heaven?"

Matthew 20:26-27

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

Mark 10:43

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Luke 9:48

Then he told them, "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, because the one who is least among all of you is the one who is greatest."

Luke 14:11

Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the Lord's presence, and he will exalt you.

1 Peter 5:5

In a similar way, you young people must submit to the elders. All of you must clothe yourselves with humility for the sake of each other, because: "God opposes the arrogant, but gives grace to the humble."