The phrase
"to become like children" means to adopt a childlike attitude or behavior, characterized by innocence, trust, and simplicity.
Full definition
Under IFRS, temporary resuscitation of weak companies through timely acquisitions has
become like child's play.
In a very real sense
we become like children whose toys have been suddenly taken away.
And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, «Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and
become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 18:2 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them Mat 18:3 and said, «Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and
become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus has tried to teach the divine perspective — the first shall be last and the last first, whoever wants to be great must become like a servant, God is the author of possibilities, and we must
become like children.
Such a process is equivalent to
becoming like a child (37; 46); it means that women have to become male in order to enter the Kingdom (114).
So yeah,
becoming like children to see the kingdom — went against cultural expectations I would guess.
The first reads, «Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and
become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven» (Mt 18:3; cf. Mk 10:15; Lk 18:17).
To «
become like a child» and consider our spiritual condition, we removed our shoes (Exod.
We become like a child who, having grown bored with his time machine, sits picking at the lint in his navel.
Getting online information about life insurance has
become like child's play.
Animals bring so much to our lives and
they become like children.