Cross references
Matthew 18:5
And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.
Matthew 18:5 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 25:40 (7 votes) and Mark 9:37 (5 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Proverbs 25 to Philemon 1.
Which verses does Matthew 18:5 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Matthew 25:407 votes
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Mark 9:375 votes
“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”
- John 13:205 votes
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”
- Galatians 4:144 votes
And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
- Matthew 10:40–423 votes
He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me. Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. …
- Matthew 25:453 votes
Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’
- Mark 9:413 votes
Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
- Luke 9:483 votes
And He said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes the One who sent Me. For whoever is the least among all of you, he is the greatest.”
- Luke 17:1–23 votes
Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
Which verses point to Matthew 18:5?
The 10 strongest of 19.