Matthew 18:1
In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, and said, Who, guessest thou, is [the] greater in the kingdom of heavens? (At that time the disciples came to Jesus, and asked, Who, thinkest thou, is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?)
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In Context
2And Jesus called (for) a little child, and put him in the middle [or in the midst] of them;
Cross References
Matthew 5:19Therefore he that breaketh one of these least commandments, and teacheth thus men, shall be called the least in the realm of heavens (or shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven); but he that doeth (them), and teacheth (them), shall be called great in the kingdom of heavens.
Matthew 20:20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, honouring [or worshipping], and asking something of him.
Mark 9:33And they came to Capernaum. And when they were in the house, he asked them, What treated ye in the way? (or What did ye discuss on the way?)
Mark 10:35And James and John, Zebedee’s sons, came to him, and said, Master, we will, that whatever we ask, thou do to us. (And James and John, Zebedee’s sons, came to him, and said, Teacher, we desire, or we want, that whatever we ask, thou do for us.)
Luke 22:24And strife was made among them, which of them should be seen to be (the) greatest.
Philippians 2:3nothing [doing] by strife, neither by vain glory, but in meekness, deeming each other to be higher [in virtue] than himself; (doing nothing by contention, nor by conceit, but in humility, judging others to be of greater virtue than thyself;)
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 →