Mark 9:37 {36}
Good News Translation
"Whoever welcomes in my name one of these children, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not only me but also the one who sent me."

New Revised Standard Version
“Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”

Contemporary English Version
"When you welcome even a child because of me, you welcome me. And when you welcome me, you welcome the one who sent me."

New American Bible
“Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whosoever shall receive one such child as this in my name receiveth me. And whosoever shall receive me receiveth not me but him that sent me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Whosoever shall receive one such child as this in my name receiveth me. And whosoever shall receive me receiveth not me but him that sent me.

receive one.

Matthew 10:40-42 He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. . . .

Matthew 18:3-5,10 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 25:40 And the king answering shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.

Luke 9:48 And said to them: Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me. For he that is the lesser among you all, he is the greater.

receive me.

Luke 10:16 He that heareth you heareth me: and he that despiseth you despiseth me: and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

John 5:23 That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father who hath sent him.

John 10:30 I and the Father are one.

John 12:44,45 But Jesus cried and said: He that believeth in me doth not believe in me, but in him that sent me. . . .

John 14:21-23 He that hath my commandments and keepeth them; he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him and will manifest myself to him. . . .

1 Thessalonians 4:8 Therefore, he that despiseth these things, despiseth not man, but God, who also hath given his holy Spirit in us.

Context
The Greatest in the Kingdom
36And taking a child, he set him in the midst of them. Whom when he had embraced, he saith to them: 37Whosoever shall receive one such child as this in my name receiveth me. And whosoever shall receive me receiveth not me but him that sent me. 38John answered him, saying: Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, who followeth not us: and we forbade him.…
Cross References
Matthew 10:40
He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

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

Luke 10:16
He that heareth you heareth me: and he that despiseth you despiseth me: and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

John 13:20
Amen, amen, I say to you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me: and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

Mark 9:36
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