Matthew 10:40-42
Rewards
10:40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
10:41 Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.
10:42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”
Matthew 18:3-5
18:3 and said, “I tell you the truth,
unless you turn around and become like little children,
you will never
enter the kingdom of heaven!
18:4 Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
18:5 And whoever welcomes
a child like this in my name welcomes me.
Matthew 18:10
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
18:10 “See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
Matthew 25:40
25:40 And the king will answer them,
‘I tell you the truth,
just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters
of mine, you did it for me.’
Luke 9:48
9:48 and said to them, “Whoever welcomes
this child
in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.”