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NASB | Matthew 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble and sin [by leading him away from My teaching], it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. [Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2] |
Subject: Do all little ones believe? |
Bible Note: Dear One, In Mathew 18:3 I believe Jesus is using children as an illustration of a Christian as a "child of God". He's teaching that we are to walk meekly, receiving the Word of God as children accept the word of their earthly fathers. This has nothing to do with children being righteous or without sin. (Please see the exchange between me and charis above). Look at the corresponding verse to Psalms 139:13 that you quoted. Psalms 51:5-7 5"Behold I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow". One... if we are honest, when we look at children, we do see sin in them, don't we? My six year old sins and knows when he does it. We might like to say it's just mischief, or it's "cute". But sin is sin. I find no biblical exception. I find no evidence of unaccountable sin regardless of age. |