14. I tell you,” said Jesus, “the tax collector, and not the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For all who make themselves great will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be made great.”
15. Some people brought their babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. The disciples saw them and scolded them for doing so,
16. but Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
17. Remember this! Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”
18. A Jewish leader asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?”
19. “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.