Matthew 18:11
[For the Son of man came to save that which was lost.]
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 10:6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Luke 9:56And they went to another village.
Luke 15:32But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive [again]; and [was] lost, and is found.
John 3:17For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
John 12:47And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 18:8-15
Cautions against Offences. 7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! 8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than… Read the whole commentary →