46 Surgiu entre os discípulos uma discussão sobre qual deles seria o maior.47 Mas Jesus, sabendo o que se passava no coração deles, pegou uma criança, colocou-a junto de si48 e lhes disse: — Quem receber esta criança em meu nome é a mim que recebe; e quem receber a mim
recebe aquele que me enviou; porque aquele que for o menor de todos entre vocês, esse é que é grande.
Mark 9
33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.35 And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”36 And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,37 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”
Matthew 18
1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”2 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.4 Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.5 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,