Matthew 18:1
At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, and said: Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2And Jesus called a little child to him, and placed him in the midst of them,
Cross References
Matthew 5:19Whoever, therefore, shall make void one of the least of these commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 20:20Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing down, and asking something of him.
Mark 9:33And he came into Capernaum; and when he was in the house, he asked them: What were you disputing about among yourselves along the road?
Mark 10:35And James and John the sons of Zebedee came to him, and said: Teacher, we desire you to do for us whatever we shall ask.
Luke 22:24And there had been also a contention among them, which of them was thought to be the greatest.
Philippians 2:3doing nothing in strife and vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 18:1
The gospels are, in short, a record of what Jesus began both to do and to teach. In the foregoing chapter, we had an account of his doings, in this, of his teachings; probably, not all at the same time, in a continued discourse, but at several times, upon divers occasions, here put together, as near akin. We have here, I. Instructions concerning humility, ver. 1-6 . II. Concerning offences in general ( ver. 7 ), particularly offences given, 1. By us to ourselves, ver. 8, 9 . 2. By us to others, ver. 10-14 . 3. By… Read the whole commentary →