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4 aTherefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  
5 aWhoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.  

Jesus Warns of Offenses

6 a“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.  
7 Woe to the world because of offenses! For aoffenses must come, but bwoe to that man by whom the offense comes!  
8 a“If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire.  
9 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into1 hell fire.  

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

10 “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven atheir angels always bsee the face of My Father who is in heaven.  
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Matthew 18:6

These little ones (twn mikrwn toutwn). In the same sense as "one such little one" above. The child is the type of believers.

A great millstone (mulov onikov), literally, "a millstone turned by an ass." The upper millstone was turned by an ass (onov). There were no examples of the adjective onikov (turned by an ass) outside the N.T. until the papyri revealed several for loads requiring an ass to carry them, stones requiring an ass to move them, etc. Deissmann (Light from the Ancient East, p. 81) notes it also in papyri examples about the sale of an ass and tax for an ass's burden of goods.

The depth of the sea (tw pelagei thv qalasshv). "The sea of the sea." Pelagov probably from plhsso, to beat, and so the beating, splashing waves of the sea. "Far out into the open sea, a vivid substitute for eiv thn qalassan" (McNeile).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 18:6:

Matthew 10:41
Mark 9:41
Luke 17:2
Acts 5:30
Acts 27:5
Galatians 3:13
Hebrews 4:13
Revelation 18:21

 

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