Luke 18:17

Luke 18:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
• New International Version (NIV)Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.”

Context of Luke 18:17

15People were bringing infants to him so that he might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” 18A ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 19“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.

Luke 18:17 word by word

ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν· ὃς ἂν μὴ δέξηται τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ ὡς παιδίον, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς αὐτήν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Verilyἀμήνamēn · amenG281
• I sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• Whosoeverὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• shallδέχομαιdechomai · to receiveG1209
• ·ἐάνean · ifG1437
• notμήmē · notG3361
• the kingdomὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• a little childπαιδίονpaidion · childG3813
• shallεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• in no wiseοὐou · noG3756
• thereinεἰςeis · towardG1519
• thereinαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Luke 18:17

• Psalms 131:1Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I do not get involved with things too great or too wondrous for me.
• Mark 10:15Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
• 1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.

Commentaries on Luke 18:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-30Verses 15-30 See the notes at Matthew 19:13-30.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-17Verses 15-17 None are too little, too young, to be brought to Christ, who knows how to show kindness to those not capable of doing service to him. It is the mind of Christ, that little children should be brought to him. The promise is to us, and to our seed; therefore He will bid them welcome to him with us. And we must receive his kingdom as children, not by purchase, and must call it our Father's gift.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17receive the kingdom of God like a little child: Entrance into the kingdom of God requires childlike faith and dependence on God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1715. infants--showing that some, at least, of those called in Matthew (Mt 19:13) and Mark (Mr 10:13) simply "little" or "young children," were literally "babes." touch them--or, as more fully in Matthew (Mt 19:13), "put His hands on them and pray," or invoke a "blessing" on them (Mr 10:16), according to venerable custom (Ge 48:14, 15). rebuked them--Repeatedly the disciples thus interposed to save annoyance and interruption to their Master; but, as the…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 18:17

• Babes
• Jesus, the Christ
• Regeneration
• Righteous
• Symbols and Similitudes

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• Kingdom of God
• Admiration
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• Child
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• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Martha

Commentaries on Luke 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings