^{13 Ref} But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

^{14 Ref} I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

^{15 Ref} They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

^{16 Ref} Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

^{17 Ref} Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."