Chapter summary

Matthew 18 — Welcoming Children, Forgiving Sinners

Jesus teaches greatness through child-like humility, gives the church a process for restoring sinning members, and tells the parable of the unforgiving servant.

Unless you turn and become like children, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven — and whoever receives such a child in my name receives me.

The Father is not willing that one of these little ones should perish, like a shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine to seek the one straying.

A process for restoring a sinning brother — between you and him, then with witnesses, then before the church — and a promise: where two or three are gathered in his name, he is there.

How often should I forgive? Not seven times, but seventy-seven — and the parable of the unforgiving servant warns the forgiven must forgive.

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Matthew 18:3 ““Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”” Matthew 18:22 “Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!”

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