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What does Matthew 18:4 mean?

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

— Matthew 18:4 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

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