Charles Ellicott Commentary Matthew 18:5

"And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me:" — Matthew 18:5 (ASV)

Whoso shall receive one such little child — The words are memorable as the first utterance of the truth later proclaimed as the law of final judgment (Matthew 25:40), and as giving that law the widest possible range of universality. No child of man is excluded from those whom Christ calls His brothers.