Mar. 12, 2023

Who Is the Greatest?

Mat 18:1  At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" 

Mat 18:2  He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 

Mat 18:3  And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 

Mat 18:4  Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 

Mat 18:5  And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. 

Mat 18:6  "If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. 

Temptations to Sin

Mat 18:7  Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come! 

Mat 18:8  If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 

Mat 18:9  And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.