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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Jesus continues teaching the disciples that they need to be humble like a child if they want to be important in God's kingdom. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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 # is the greatest
 
 "is the most important" or "will be the most important"
 
 # in the kingdom of heaven
 
-The phrase "kingdom of heaven" refers to God's rule as king. This phrase is used only in the book of Matthew. If possible, keep "heaven" in your translation. Alternate translation: "in God's kingdom" or "when our God in heaven establishes his rule on earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"in God's kingdom" or "when our God in heaven establishes his rule on earth"