Matthew 18:1
In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Revised Version 1895
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In Context
2And he called to him a little child, and set him in the midst of them,
Cross References
Matthew 5:19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever 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, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him.
Mark 9:33And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house he asked them, What were ye reasoning in the way?
Mark 10:35And there come near unto him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying unto him, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall ask of thee.
Luke 22:24And there arose also a contention among them, which of them is accounted to be greatest.
Philippians 2:3doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other 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 →