Matthew 18:5-6 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

⁵And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.

⁶But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

— Matthew 18:5-6

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