Matthew 18:1
Just then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who ranks higher than others in the Kingdom of the Heavens?"
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
2So He called a young child to Him, and, bidding him stand in the midst of them,
Cross References
Matthew 5:19Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens.
Matthew 20:20Then the mother of the sons of Zabdi came to Him with her sons, and knelt before Him to make a request of Him.
Mark 9:33So they came to Capernaum; and when in the house He asked them, "What were you arguing about on the way?"
Mark 10:35Then James and John, the sons of Zabdi, came up to Him and said, "Rabbi, we wish you would grant us whatever request we make of you."
Luke 22:24There arose also a dispute among them which of them should be regarded as greatest.
Philippians 2:3Do nothing in a spirit of factiousness or of vainglory, but, with true humility, let every one regard the rest as being 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 →