Matthew 18:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

The same time the disciples came vnto Iesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen?

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  • Matt 20:20-28 : 20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedeus children with her sonnes, worshipping him, and desiring a certaine thing of him. 21 And he said vnto her, What wouldest thou? She said to him, Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy kingdome. 22 And Iesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye aske. Are ye able to drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of, and to be baptized with the baptisme that I shalbe baptized with? They said to him, We are able. 23 And he said vnto them, Ye shall drinke in deede of my cup, and shall be baptized with the baptisme, that I am baptized with, but to sit at my right hande, and at my left hand, is not mine to giue: but it shalbe giuen to them for whome it is prepared of my Father. 24 And when the other ten heard this, they disdained at the two brethren. 25 Therefore Iesus called them vnto him, and saide, We knowe that the lordes of the Gentiles haue domination ouer them, and they that are great, exercise authoritie ouer them. 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant. 27 And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant. 28 Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.
  • Luke 9:46-48 : 46 Then there arose a disputation among them, which of them should be the greatest. 47 When Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their heartes, he tooke a litle childe, & set him by him, 48 And said vnto them, Whosoeuer receiueth this litle childe in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer shall receiue me, receiueth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, he shall be great.
  • Mark 9:33-37 : 33 After, he came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among you by the way? 34 And they helde their peace: for by the way they reasoned among themselues, who should bee the chiefest. 35 And he sate downe, and called the twelue, and said to them, If any man desire to be first, the same shalbe last of all, and seruant vnto all. 36 And he tooke a litle childe, and set him in the middes of them, and tooke him in his armes, and sayd vnto them, 37 Whosoeuer shall receiue one of such litle children in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer receiueth mee, receiueth not me, but him that sent me.
  • Mark 10:14-15 : 14 But when Iesus sawe it, he was displeased, and said to them, Suffer the litle children to come vnto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdome of God. 15 Verely I say vnto you, Whosoeuer shall not receiue the kingdome of God as a litle childe, he shall not enter therein.
  • Mark 10:35-45 : 35 Then Iames & Iohn the sonnes of Zebedeus came vnto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest doe for vs that we desire. 36 And he sayd vnto them, What would ye I should doe for you? 37 And they said to him, Graunt vnto vs, that we may sit, one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy glory. 38 But Iesus sayd vnto them, Ye knowe not what ye aske. Can ye drinke of the cup that I shal drinke of, and be baptized with the baptisme that I shall be baptized with? 39 And they said vnto him, We can. But Iesus sayd vnto them, Ye shall drinke in deede of the cup that I shall drinke of, and be baptized with the baptisme wherewith I shalbe baptized: 40 But to sit at my right hand, and at my left, is not mine to giue, but it shalbe giuen to them for whome it is prepared. 41 And when the ten heard that, they began to disdaine at Iames and Iohn. 42 But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayd to them, Ye know that they which are princes among the Gentiles, haue domination ouer them, and they that be great among them, exercise authoritie ouer them. 43 But it shal not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, shall be your seruant. 44 And whosoeuer will be chiefe of you, shall be the seruant of all. 45 For euen the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the raunsome of many.
  • Luke 22:24-27 : 24 And there arose also a strife among them, which of them should seeme to be ye greatest. 25 But hee saide vnto them, The Kings of the Gentiles reigne ouer them, and they that beare rule ouer them, are called bountifull. 26 But yee shall not be so: but let the greatest among you be as the least: and the chiefest as he that serueth. 27 For who is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at table? And I am among you as he that serueth.
  • Matt 3:2 : 2 And said, Repent: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand.

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  • Matt 18:2-5
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    2And Iesus called a litle childe vnto him, and set him in the mids of them,

    3And sayd, Verely I say vnto you, except ye be conuerted, and become as litle children, ye shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen.

    4Whosoeuer therefore shal humble himselfe as this litle childe, the same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen.

    5And whosoeuer shall receiue one such litle childe in my name, receiueth me.

  • Luke 9:46-48
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    46Then there arose a disputation among them, which of them should be the greatest.

    47When Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their heartes, he tooke a litle childe, & set him by him,

    48And said vnto them, Whosoeuer receiueth this litle childe in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer shall receiue me, receiueth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, he shall be great.

  • Luke 22:24
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    24And there arose also a strife among them, which of them should seeme to be ye greatest.

  • Mark 9:33-37
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    33After, he came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among you by the way?

    34And they helde their peace: for by the way they reasoned among themselues, who should bee the chiefest.

    35And he sate downe, and called the twelue, and said to them, If any man desire to be first, the same shalbe last of all, and seruant vnto all.

    36And he tooke a litle childe, and set him in the middes of them, and tooke him in his armes, and sayd vnto them,

    37Whosoeuer shall receiue one of such litle children in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer receiueth mee, receiueth not me, but him that sent me.

  • Luke 18:15-18
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    15They brought vnto him also babes that he should touche them. And when his disciples sawe it, they rebuked them.

    16But Iesus called them vnto him, and said, Suffer the babes to come vnto mee, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdome of God.

    17Verely I say vnto you, whosoeuer receiueth not the kingdome of God as a babe, he shall not enter therein.

    18Then a certaine ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what ought I to doe, to inherite eternall life?

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    13Then were brought to him litle children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

    14But Iesus sayd, Suffer the litle children, and forbid them not to come to me: for of such is the kingdome of heauen.

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    13Then they brought litle children to him, that he should touch them, and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

    14But when Iesus sawe it, he was displeased, and said to them, Suffer the litle children to come vnto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdome of God.

    15Verely I say vnto you, Whosoeuer shall not receiue the kingdome of God as a litle childe, he shall not enter therein.

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    18Then said he, What is the kingdome of God like? Or whereto shall I compare it?

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    23Thereefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine King, which would take an account of his seruants.

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    26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant.

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    42But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayd to them, Ye know that they which are princes among the Gentiles, haue domination ouer them, and they that be great among them, exercise authoritie ouer them.

    43But it shal not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, shall be your seruant.

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    10See that ye despise not one of these litle ones: for I say vnto you, that in heauen their Angels alwayes behold the face of my Father which is in heauen.

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  • Matt 17:19
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    37And they said to him, Graunt vnto vs, that we may sit, one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy glory.

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