Matthew 18:14

The NET Bible®

In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

King James Version (1611)
Euen so, it is not the will of your father which is in heauen, that one of these little ones should perish.

King James Version
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

English Standard Version
So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

New American Standard Bible
"So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven for one of these little ones to perish.

New Century Version
In the same way, your Father in heaven does not want any of these little children to be lost.

Amplified Bible
"So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones be lost.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So is it not ye wil of your Father which is in heauen, that one of these litle ones should perish.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

Legacy Standard Bible
In this way, it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

Berean Standard Bible
In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

Contemporary English Version
That's how it is with your Father in heaven. He doesn't want any of these little ones to be lost.

Complete Jewish Bible
Thus your Father in heaven does not want even one of these little ones to be lost.

Darby Translation
So it is not the will of your Father who is in [the] heavens that one of these little ones should perish.

Easy-to-Read Version
in the same way your Father in heaven does not want any of these little children to be lost.

George Lamsa Translation
Even so, your Father in heaven does not want one of these little ones to be lost.

Good News Translation
In just the same way your Father in heaven does not want any of these little ones to be lost.

Lexham English Bible
In the same way it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

Literal Translation
So it is not the will before your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

American Standard Version
Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Bible in Basic English
Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

Hebrew Names Version
Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

International Standard Version
In the same way, it is not the will of yourour; still other mss. read my">[fn] Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost."

Etheridge Translation
14 So it is not good [fn] before your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Murdock Translation
Just so, it is not the pleasure of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen so, it is not the wyll of your father in heauen, that one of these litle ones shoulde peryshe.

English Revised Version
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

World English Bible
Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Weymouth's New Testament
Just so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
So it is not the wille bifor youre fadir that is in heuenes, that oon of these litle perische.

Update Bible Version
Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Webster's Bible Translation
Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

New King James Version
Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

New Living Translation
In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father's will that even one of these little ones should perish.

New Life Bible
I tell you, My Father in heaven does not want one of these little children to be lost.

New Revised Standard
So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, there is no desire, in the presence of my Father who is in the heavens, that, one of these little ones, should be lost.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Even so it is not the will of your Father, who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Revised Standard Version
So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Even so it is not the wyll of youre father in heven that one of these lytelons shulde perishe.

Young's Literal Translation
so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen so is it not the will before youre father in heauen, that one of these litle ones shulde perishe.

Mace New Testament (1729)
in like manner your heavenly father would not that any person of such humility should be lost.

Simplified Cowboy Version
what is important. He don't want a single one lost.

Contextual Overview

⁷ Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come. ⁸ If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. ⁹ And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell. ¹⁰ "See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost. "If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established . If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector. "I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven. Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them." Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times! "For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him. Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made. Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.' The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt. After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!' Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.' But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt. When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place. Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me! Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?' And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him until he repaid all he owed. So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart." ¹¹Questions About the Greatest At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a child, had him stand among them, and said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven! Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me. "But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea. Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come. If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell. "See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. ¹² What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray? ¹³ And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. ¹⁴ In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

it is: Luke 12:32, John 6:39, John 6:40, John 10:27-30, John 17:12, Romans 8:28-39, Ephesians 1:5-7, 1 Peter 1:3-5

your: Matthew 5:16, Matthew 6:9, Matthew 6:32

one: Isaiah 40:11, Zechariah 13:7, John 21:15, 1 Corinthians 8:11-13, 2 Timothy 2:10, Hebrews 12:13, 2 Peter 3:9

Reciprocal: Matthew 10:42 - one Matthew 18:6 - little Matthew 18:10 - heed Luke 9:48 - Whosoever shall receive this Luke 12:30 - your Luke 15:10 - one Luke 17:2 - one

Cross-References

Genesis 17:21
But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

Genesis 18:1
The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

Genesis 18:2
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Genesis 18:10
One of them said, "I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.

Numbers 11:23
And the Lord said to Moses, "Is the Lord 's hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!"

Deuteronomy 7:21
You must not tremble in their presence, for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a great and awesome God.

Deuteronomy 30:3
the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he has scattered you.

1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come on, let's go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will intervene for us. Nothing can prevent the Lord from delivering, whether by many or by a few."

2 Kings 4:16
He said, "About this time next year you will be holding a son." She said, "No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!"

Job 36:5
Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even so it is not the will of your father which is in heaven,.... This is the accommodation, or application of the parable of the lost sheep to the present purpose, and is the top of the climax or gradation here made use of. First, Christ observes, in order to deter any from despising and offending any of his disciples, even the meanest, that they have angels to be their guardians, who are continually in the presence of God; and next, that he himself in human nature came to be the author of salvation to these persons; and then rises up to the sovereign will of his Father, and their's, the source and security of their everlasting happiness; which will is, not

that one of these little ones, that believe in Christ,

should perish. It is his will of command that no stumbling block should be laid in their way to cause them to stumble and fall, to the grieving of their souls, the wounding of their consciences, and the perishing, or loss of their peace and comfort; and it is his unalterable will of purpose, or his unchangeable decree, that not one of them, even the meanest, shall perish eternally: in pursuance of which will, he has chosen them in his Son, he has put them into his hands, and secured them in his covenant; and having redeemed them by Christ, and called them by grace, he keeps them by his power, through faith unto salvation. Nor shall anyone of them finally and totally fall away and perish, through the power of their own corruptions, the temptations of Satan, the reproaches and persecutions of men, the frowns or flatteries of the world, or through the errors and heresies of false teachers, or any other way. It is to be observed, that when our Lord, in Matthew 18:10, is speaking of the happiness of the angels, and the honour done to the little ones by having such guardians; then the more to aggrandize this matter, he represents those as in the presence of his "Father which is in heaven"; but here, when he would express the wonderful love and grace of God, in the resolutions of his heart, and purposes of his will, to save them, then it is "your Father which is in heaven"; and this, the rather to engage them to the belief of it, since they stood in such a near relation to him, as children to a father: and therefore must be infinitely more concerned for their welfare, than a proprietor of sheep can be, for one that is lost. The Arabic and Ethiopic versions indeed read, "my father", but without any authority; for the phraseology, "the will before your Father", as in the original text, See Gill "Mt 11:26"

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To show still further the reason why we should not despise Christians, he introduced a parable showing the joy felt when a thing lost is found. A shepherd rejoices over the recovery of one of his flock that had wandered more than over all that remained; so God rejoices that man is restored: so he seeks his salvation, and wills that not one thus found should perish. If God thus loves and preserves the redeemed, then surely man should not despise them. See this passage further explained in Luke 15:4-10.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 18:14. It is not the will of your Father — If any soul be finally lost, it is not because God's will or counsel was against its salvation, or that a proper provision had not been made for it; but that, though light came into the world, it preferred darkness to light, because of its attachment to its evil deeds.