Matthew 18:1
In that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?
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2And Jesus having called a little child to [him], set it in their midst,
Cross References
Matthew 5:19Whosoever then shall do away with one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whosoever shall practise and teach [them], *he* shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.
Matthew 20:20Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, doing homage, and asking something of him.
Mark 9:33And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he asked them, Of what were ye reasoning by the way?
Mark 10:35And there come to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying [to him], Teacher, we would that whatsoever we may ask thee, thou wouldst do it for us.
Luke 22:24And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be [the] greatest.
Philippians 2:3[let] nothing [be] in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;
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 →