Luke 9:53 records Samaritans not receiving Jesus, contrasting with receiving a child that represents Jesus here. Strong contrast within same chapter.

Luke 10:16 echoes the same principle: receiving the sent one equals receiving Christ and the Father.

In Luke 22:26, Jesus repeats the same teaching: the greatest becomes the youngest and serves, directly paralleling the least being great.

Matthew 25:40 directly parallels: serving the least is serving Christ, just as receiving a child in Jesus' name is receiving Him.

John 12:45 extends the parallel: seeing Jesus is seeing the Father, just as receiving Jesus is receiving the Father here.

John 12:44 applies the same logic to belief: believing in Jesus is believing in the Father who sent Him, like receiving here.

John 13:20 echoes the same chain: receiving the sent one equals receiving Christ and the Father, directly paralleling this verse.

Mark 9:37 records the same saying about receiving a child in Jesus' name, a synoptic parallel nearly identical to this verse.

Matthew 25:45 shows the reverse: neglecting the least is neglecting Christ, mirroring the principle of identification with the lowly.

In Matthew 23:12, humility leads to exaltation, directly paralleling the principle that the least become great.

In contrast to receiving a child, Matthew 18:6 warns against causing them to sin — a severe opposite.

Matthew 18:5 is a parallel promise: whoever receives a child in Jesus' name receives Him.

1 Thessalonians 4:8 applies the same principle negatively: rejecting apostolic teaching is rejecting God, just as receiving a child receives Christ.

In 1 Peter 5:6, humility leads to exaltation by God — matching Jesus' teaching that the least become great.

Matthew 10:40-42 expands the same teaching: receiving a disciple receives Christ, with reward for serving little ones.

Mark 10:43 teaches greatness through servanthood, echoing the principle that the least is greatest here.

In Romans 15:7, Paul calls believers to welcome one another as Christ welcomed them, directly paralleling the command to receive the lowly in Jesus' name.

In 3 John 1:9, Diotrephes loves to be first, standing in direct opposition to Jesus' teaching that the least is the greatest.

Matthew 5:19 also contrasts 'least' and 'great' in the kingdom, but ties greatness to obeying commandments rather than humility.

Matthew 18:4 says humility like a child makes one greatest, directly paralleling Jesus' object lesson with a child here.

Matthew 11:11 uses the same 'least in the kingdom' phrase, declaring John the Baptist least is greater, directly paralleling the least-becomes-great teaching here.

Matthew 10:14 instructs rejection response to apostles, contrasting the welcoming of a child here. Both deal with receiving Christ's representatives.

In John 17:3, eternal life is knowing the Father and Jesus whom He sent, reflecting the chain of receiving the sent one as receiving the sender.

Matthew 18:14 emphasizes God's care for little ones, reinforcing the value of children Jesus uses here as an example of the least.