Matthew 18:1
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
2Then Jesus called a little child, and set him in their midst,
Cross References
Matthew 5:19Whoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and shall teach men so, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 20:20Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Him with her sons, worshiping Him, and asking something from Him.
Mark 9:33Then He came to Capernaum. And being in the house He asked them, “What were you disputing about with one another on the road?”
Mark 10:35Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, “Teacher, we desire that You to do for us whatever we may ask.”
Luke 22:24And there arose also a dispute among them, as to which one of them was the greatest.
Philippians 2:3doing nothing according to selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility, regarding one another as being better than yourselves.
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 →