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The “little ones” Jesus is referring to are not children, but believers. It’s a common diminutive, a term of endearment.

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RE: The “little ones” Jesus is referring to are not children, but believers. It’s a common diminutive, a term of endearment.

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That might be the case in Luke 17, but in Matthew 18, it is written:

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them 3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,

6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

The “little ones” there surely would include the child in verse 2.