Matthew 18:1
AT that time came the disciples to Jesus, saying: Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
2And Jesus, calling a little child to him, placed it in the midst of them,
Cross References
Matthew 5:19Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them, 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 a certain thing of him.
Mark 9:33And they came to Capernaum. And having come into the house he inquired of them: Of what were ye reasoning among yourselves by the way?
Mark 10:35And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him saying: Teacher, we desire that thou shouldst do for us whatever we shall ask.
Luke 22:24And there arose also a contention among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
Philippians 2:3doing nothing through contentiousness or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each esteeming 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 →