Matthew 18:3

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• καὶand

  kaiG2532 →9120 times

• εἶπεν·said;

  eipenG2036 →925 times

• ἀμὴνAmen

  amenG281 →127 times

• λέγωI say

  legoG3004 →1325 times

• ὑμῖν·to you;

  huminG4771 →2973 times

• ἐὰνonly

  eanG1437 →352 times

• μὴunless

  meG3361 →1066 times

• στραφῆτεyou may turn

  strapheteG4762 →21 times

• καὶand

  kaiG2532 →9120 times

• γένησθεmay become

  genestheG1096 →667 times

• ὡςas

  hosG5613 →500 times

• τὰthe

  taG3588 →19766 times

• παιδία,little children,

  paidiaG3813 →51 times

• οὐcertainly

  ouG3756 →1664 times

• μὴnot

  meG3361 →1066 times

• εἰσέλθητεshall you enter

  eiseltheteG1525 →194 times

• εἰςinto

  eisG1519 →1755 times

• τὴνthe

  tenG3588 →19766 times

• βασιλείανkingdom

  basileianG932 →162 times

• τῶνof the

  tonG3588 →19766 times

• οὐρανῶν.heavens.

  ouranonG3772 →272 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  1 Peter 2:2

  Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

  it leads to

  • Hebrews 5:12–13

    Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!

  • Ephesians 4:15

    Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

  • 2 Peter 3:18

    But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:1–2

    Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

  • Mark 10:15

    Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

• Through

  Matthew 19:14

  But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

  it leads to

  • Luke 18:16–17

    But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

• Through

  1 Corinthians 14:20

  Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

  it leads to

  • 1 Peter 2:2

    Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

  • 1 Corinthians 13:11

    When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.