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Soοὕτωςit is notοὐκ ἔστινthe willθέλημαof your Fatherἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶνwho isτοῦinἐνheavenοὐρανοῖςthatἵναoneἓνof theseτῶν τούτωνlittle onesμικρῶνshould perish.ἀπόληται
Matthew 18:14
Study it in the app“So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 18:14, word by word
- it is notἔστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the willθέλημαthelēma
will
Will: what someone wants and decides.
Where else “thelēma” appears- of your Fatherἔμπροσθενemprosthen
before, in front of
In front of, before.
Where else “emprosthen” appears- of your Fatherπατρὸςpatros
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appears- heavenοὐρανοῖςouranois
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranois” appears- oneἓνhen
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “hen” appears- little onesμικρῶνmikrōn
small
Of little size, little age or little importance before others.
Where else “mikrōn” appears- should perishἀπόληταιapolētai
perish
To die, or be cut off from God forever.
Where else “apolētai” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The lost sheep
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
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Matthew 18:12-14
12What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is going astray? 13And if it happens that he finds it, truly I tell you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. 14So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
4“What man among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And when he comes into the house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes his mind than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of a change of mind.
The context
13And if it happens that he finds it, truly I tell you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
14 · This verse (above)
15And if your brother sins against you, go, reprove him between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
To study Matthew 18 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jesus put in the middle of the disciples when they asked who is greatest (vv. 1–3)?
2. What it means
Why does Jesus tell the parable of the slave who was forgiven a huge debt (vv. 23–35)?
3. How I live it
Peter asked how many times to forgive (v. 21). Whom do you find hard to forgive, and what small first step can you take?