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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: Greetings charis, I gave the Mat 18:2 reference to show the context, framework, and circumstance in which Jesus was speaking in Mat 18:10 and Mat 18:14 (the verses Cyclist brought up). I gave the reference to show that when Jesus said what He said in Mat 18:10 and Mat 18:14 that the child He had called their attention to in Mat 18:2 was still “in the midst of them”. If not, where did the child go? If not, when did Jesus send him away? His words applied all who had representation in heaven, and this child was the perfect example. Jesus did not say this child was any different from any other child, so I have to conclude that His words apply to all since God is no respecter of persons (Mat 22:16, Act 10:34, Rom 2:11 Gal 2:6; Eph 6:9). We are taught to be the same way (no respecter of persons) in James 2. Please consider, In Jesus name, retxar |