Matthew 18:1
IN that hour the disciples came near to Jeshu, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
2And Jeshu called a child, and made him stand in the midst of them,
Cross References
Matthew 5:19Every one, therefore, who shall set loose one from these least commandments, and shall so teach the children of men, the least shall he be called in the kingdom of heaven: but every one who shall do and teach, this shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 20:20Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zabdai, she and her sons, and worshipped him, and supplicated a certain thing of him.
Mark 9:33AND they came to Kapher-nachum: and when they had entered the house, he asked them of what they had argued in the way among themselves.
Mark 10:35AND Jacub and Juchanon, sons of Zabdai, approached him, saying to him, Malphona, we would that whatever we ask thou wilt do for us.
Luke 22:24But there was also a contention among them, who of them was the greatest.
Philippians 2:3And do nothing in contention or vainglorying, but in meekness of mind let a man consider his neighbour as 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 →