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At the end of the missionary discourse in Matthew, Jesus refers to his disciples as “little ones”:
10:42 — “And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”
Just a little later, Jesus again appears to refer to his disciples in similar manner:
11:25 — At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.”
This seems to refer to the disciples since in Matthew 16:17 that Peter’s understanding of the son of man is “revealed” to him “by my Father in Heaven”— a seeming echo of the prayer in 11:25.
Why in Matthew does Jesus refer to his disciples in this way as little ones or little children?
