What did Jesus mean to receive a child?
37 “Whoever receives [w]one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”
Mark 9:37
AMP - 37 Whoever in My name and for My sake accepts and receives and welcomes one such child also accepts and receives and welcomes Me; and whoever so receives Me receives not only Me but Him Who sent Me.
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Asked June 25 2014
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Debra Pape
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