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NASB | Matthew 18:3 and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 18:3 and said, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you repent [that is, change your inner self--your old way of thinking, live changed lives] and become like children [trusting, humble, and forgiving], you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. |
Bible Question: When refering to to newborn babies, the words, "weaker and wiser" is that scripture or old wives tales? |
Bible Answer: Dear Valarie, After searching six different translations of the Bible, the phrase "weaker and wiser" does not appear. In a very distant sense, one can see the words could be connected to newborns. They certainly are "weaker", physically, and concerning "wiser", newborns are not developed mentally to be aware of their surroundings and the entrapments of the world. So, in a very distant sense and using the term symbolically, they are wiser, though unaware. Christ said that we must have the mind of a child to enter the kingdom of God, that is, full of trust and innocence. (Mat 18:3 KJV) And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Notice that, in the above verse, Jesus uses the term ‘converted’, this leads us to the verse: (Joh 3:3 KJV) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. terrib |
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