Matthew 18:2
Good News Translation
So Jesus called a child to come and stand in front of them,

New Revised Standard Version
He called a child, whom he put among them,

Contemporary English Version
Jesus called for a child to come over and stand near him.

New American Bible
He called a child over, placed it in their midst,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus, calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them.

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And Jesus, calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them.

Matthew 19:13,14 Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them. . . .

1 Kings 3:7 And now, O Lord God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David, my father: and I am but a child, and know not how to go out and come in;

Jeremiah 1:7 And the Lord said to me: Say not: I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee: and whatsoever I shall command thee, thou shalt speak.

Mark 9:36,37 And taking a child, he set him in the midst of them. Whom when he had embraced, he saith to them: . . .

Context
The Greatest in the Kingdom
1At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who, thinkest thou, is the greater in the kingdom of heaven? 2And Jesus, calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them. 3And said: amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.…
Cross References
Matthew 18:1
At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who, thinkest thou, is the greater in the kingdom of heaven?

Matthew 18:3
And said: amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:1
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