Matthew 18:14

So it is not the will of your Father that is in heavens [or that is in heaven], that one of these little (ones) perish.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

In Context

13And if it fall that he find it, truly I say to you (or I tell you the truth), that he shall have joy thereof, [or for he shall joy thereon], more than on (the) ninety and nine that erred not.

15But if thy brother sinneth against thee, go thou, and reprove him, betwixt thee and him alone, (or And if thy brother sinneth against thee, go, and rebuke him, between thee and him alone); if he heareth thee, thou hast won thy brother.

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Cross References

Zechariah 13:7Sword, be thou raised on my shepherd, and on a man cleaving to me, saith the Lord of hosts; smite thou the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered. And I shall turn mine hand to the little (ones). (Sword, be thou raised against my shepherd, and against a man cleaving to me, saith the Lord of hosts; strike thou down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered. And then I shall turn my hand against the young ones.)

Matthew 6:9And thus ye shall pray, Our Father that art in heavens (or Our Father who art in heaven), hallowed be thy name;

Luke 12:32Do not ye, little flock, dread, for it pleased to your Father to give you a kingdom. (Do not, little flock, have fear, for it pleased your Father to give you the Kingdom.)

John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they (pur)sue me (or and they follow me).

John 21:15And when they had eaten, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon of John (or Simon the son of John), lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed thou my lambs (or Feed my lambs).

1 Corinthians 8:11And the sick, [or unsteadfast], brother, for whom Christ died, shall perish in thy cunning (or in thy knowing). (And the frail or weak brother, for whom the Messiah died, shall now perish because of thy so-called knowledge.)

Matthew Henry on Matthew 18:8-15

Cautions against Offences. 7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! 8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than… Read the whole commentary →

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