Matthew 18:1
At that hour his disciples came to Jesus and asked him, "Who is really greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
Montgomery New Testament
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In Context
2When he had called a little child to him, Jesus set him among them, and answered.
Cross References
Matthew 5:19"So whoever breaks one of these least commandments, and teaches others to break them, will be least in the kingdom of heaven. But he who keeps them and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 20:20Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, kneeling down and begging a favor of him.
Mark 9:33Then they came to Capernaum; and when he got into the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the road?"
Mark 10:35Presently there came up to him Jamesand John, the sons of Zebedee, and said, "Teacher, we wish you would do for us whatever we ask you."
Luke 22:24And there arose also a dispute among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest,
Philippians 2:3Do nothing out of strife, nothing out of vanity, but let each one in true humility consider the others to be of more account 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 →