Matthew 18:10

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁρᾶτε μὴ καταφρονήσητε ἑνὸς τῶν μικρῶν τούτων· λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, Ὅτι οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτῶν ἐν οὐρανοῖς διὰ παντὸς βλέπουσιν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ Πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς.

Transliteration

Horate not kataphronēsēte one of the mikrōn these; legō for to you, that the angeloi of them in ouranois through pantos blepousin the prosōpon of the Patros of me of the in ouranois.

Grammar Details

• *Horate*: verb, present, active, imperative, 2nd person, plural - see/beware
• *kataphronēsēte*: verb, aorist, active, subjunctive, 2nd person, plural - despise/look down on
• *mikrōn*: adjective, genitive, masculine, plural - little ones/small ones
• *legō*: verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I say/tell
• *angeloi*: noun, nominative, masculine, plural - angels/messengers
• *ouranois*: noun, dative, masculine, plural - heavens
• *pantos*: adjective, genitive, neuter, singular - all/entire
• *blepousin*: verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - see/look at
• *prosōpon*: noun, accusative, neuter, singular - face/presence
• *Patros*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - Father

Word Meanings

• *Horate*: see/beware/take heed
• *kataphronēsēte*: despise/look down on/disdain
• *mikrōn*: little ones/small ones/insignificant ones
• *angeloi*: angels/messengers
• *ouranois*: heavens/skies
• *pantos*: all/entire/always
• *blepousin*: see/look at/behold
• *prosōpon*: face/presence/countenance
• *Patros*: Father/patriarch

Referenced Verses

• Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
• Ps 91:11 : 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
• Ps 34:7 : 7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
• Rom 14:10 : 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
• Rom 14:21 : 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
• Rom 14:1-3 : 1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
• Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
• Acts 10:3 : 3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
• Acts 12:7-9 : 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. 8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. 9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. 10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. 11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
• Gen 32:1-2 : 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
• 2 Sam 14:28 : 28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
• 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
• 2 Kgs 6:16-17 : 16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
• Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
• Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
• Luke 1:19 : 19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
• 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
• 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
• Esth 1:14 : 14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
• Zech 4:10 : 10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
• Matt 1:20 : 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
• Matt 2:13 : 13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
• Matt 2:19 : 19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
• Matt 12:20 : 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
• Matt 18:6 : 6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
• Matt 18:14 : 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
• Acts 12:15 : 15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
• Luke 16:22 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
• Acts 5:19 : 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
• 1 Cor 9:22 : 22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
• 1 Cor 11:22 : 22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
• 1 Cor 16:11 : 11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.
• 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
• 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
• Rom 15:1 : 1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
• 1 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
• Rom 14:13-15 : 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
• Acts 27:23 : 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
• Matt 24:31 : 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
• Luke 10:16 : 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
• Gal 4:13-14 : 13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. 14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
• Gal 6:1 : 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
• Rev 8:2 : 2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.