Thematic Bible




Matthew 18:1 (show verse)

Just then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who ranks higher than others in the Kingdom of the Heavens?"

Matthew 18:2 (show verse)

So He called a young child to Him, and, bidding him stand in the midst of them,

Matthew 18:3 (show verse)

said, "In solemn truth I tell you that unless you turn and become like little children, you will in no case be admitted into the Kingdom of the Heavens.
Ambition » Christ condemns
Apostles » Moral state of, before pentecost
Babes » A symbol of the children of the kingdom of heaven
Children » Symbolical of the regenerated
Children » Good » Character of, illustrates conversion
Good Children » Spirit of, a requisite for the kingdom of heaven
Christ and children » Declared that a childlike spirit is absolutely essential in religion
Christ's » Attitude toward children » Declared that a childlike spirit is absolutely essential in religion
Conversion » Those that are not converted
Conversion » General references to » Essential to entrance into God's kingdom
Conversion » Is necessary
Despisement » Who not to despise
Divine Requirements » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » A childlike spirit
Heaven/the heavens » Who shall be great in the kingdom of heaven
Humbleness » The humble
Jesus and children » Declared that a childlike spirit is absolutely essential in religion
Jesus Christ » Kingdom of » Its nature
Jesus Christ » Secular notions concerning the kingdom of
Kingdom of God » Who shall be great in the kingdom of God
Kingdom of heaven » Children of the
Offense » Those that offend people who believe in Christ
Receiving » Who receives jesus Christ and the one who sent him
Receiving » Those that receive a child in the name of jesus Christ
Righteous » Compared with » Little children
compared to Saints » Little children
Salvation » Conditions of
Simplicity » Necessity for
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » A childlike spirit
Symbols and similitudes » Childhood
Teachableness » Essential to entrance into God's kingdom

Matthew 18:4 (show verse)

Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this young child, he it is who is superior to others in the Kingdom of the Heavens.

Matthew 18:5 (show verse)

And whoever for my sake receives one young child such as this, receives me.

Matthew 18:6 (show verse)

But whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Matthew 18:7 (show verse)

"Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot but come, but alas for each man through whom they come!

Matthew 18:8 (show verse)

If your hand or your foot is causing you to fall into sin, cut it off and away with it. It is better for you to enter into Life crippled in hand or foot than to remain in possession of two sound hands or feet but be thrown into the fire of the Ages.

Matthew 18:9 (show verse)

And if your eye is causing you to fall into sin, tear it out and away with it; it is better for you to enter into Life with only one eye, than to remain in possession of two eyes but be thrown into the Gehenna of fire.

Matthew 18:10 (show verse)

"Beware of ever despising one of these little ones, for I tell you that in Heaven their angels have continual access to my Father who is in Heaven.

Matthew 18:11 (show verse)

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Matthew 18:12 (show verse)

What do you yourselves think? Suppose a man gets a hundred sheep and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go and look for the one that is straying?

Matthew 18:13 (show verse)

And if he succeeds in finding it, in solemn truth I tell you that he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray.

Matthew 18:14 (show verse)

Just so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.

Matthew 18:15 (show verse)

"If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point out his fault to him when only you and he are there. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Matthew 18:16 (show verse)

But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested by two or three witnesses.

Matthew 18:17 (show verse)

If he refuses to hear them, appeal to the Church; and if he refuses to hear even the Church, regard him just as you regard a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.

Matthew 18:18 (show verse)

I solemnly tell you that whatever you as a Church bind on earth will in Heaven be held as bound, and whatever you loose on earth will in Heaven be held to be loosed.

Matthew 18:19 (show verse)

I also solemnly tell you that if two of you here on earth agree together concerning anything whatever that they shall ask, the boon will come to them from my Father who is in Heaven.

Matthew 18:20 (show verse)

For where there are two or three assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

Matthew 18:21 (show verse)

At this point Peter came to Him with the question, "Master, how often shall my brother act wrongly towards me and I forgive him? seven times?"

Matthew 18:22 (show verse)

"I do not say seven times," answered Jesus, "but seventy times seven times.

Matthew 18:23 (show verse)

"For this reason the Kingdom of the Heavens may be compared to a king who determined to have a settlement of accounts with his servants.

Matthew 18:24 (show verse)

But as soon as he began the settlement, one was brought before him who owed 10,000 talents,

Matthew 18:25 (show verse)

and was unable to pay. So his master ordered that he and his wife and children and everything that he had should be sold, and payment be made.

Matthew 18:26 (show verse)

The servant therefore falling down, prostrated himself at his feet and entreated him. "'Only give me time,' he said, 'and I will pay you the whole.'

Matthew 18:27 (show verse)

"Whereupon his master, touched with compassion, set him free and forgave him the debt.

Matthew 18:28 (show verse)

But no sooner had that servant gone out, than he met with one of his fellow servants who owed him 100 shillings; and seizing him by the throat and nearly strangling him he exclaimed, "'Pay me all you owe.'

Matthew 18:29 (show verse)

"His fellow servant therefore fell at his feet and entreated him, "'Only give me time,' he said, 'and I will pay you.'

Matthew 18:30 (show verse)

"He would not, however, but went and threw him into prison until he should pay what was due.

Matthew 18:31 (show verse)

His fellow servants, therefore, seeing what had happened, were exceedingly angry; and they came and told their master without reserve all that had happened.

Matthew 18:32 (show verse)

At once his master called him and said, "'Wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you entreated me:

Matthew 18:33 (show verse)

ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?'

Matthew 18:34 (show verse)

"So his master, greatly incensed, handed him over to the jailers until he should pay all he owed him.

Matthew 18:35 (show verse)

"In the same way my Heavenly Father will deal with you, if you do not all of you forgive one another from your hearts."