Matthew 18:14

English Standard Version

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

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.

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

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 for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes! ⁸ And 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 with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the 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 life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire. ¹⁰ "See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them." Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. "Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.' And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. But when that same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay what you owe.' So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.' He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt. When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their master all that had taken place. Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?' And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart." ¹¹Who Is the Greatest? At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. "Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes! And 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 with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire. "See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. ¹² What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? ¹³ And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. ¹⁴ So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

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 shall bear to you at this time next year."

Genesis 18:1
And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.

Genesis 18:2
He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth

Genesis 18:10
The Lord said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.

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

Deuteronomy 7:21
You shall not be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.

Deuteronomy 30:3
then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.

1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the Lord will work for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few."

2 Kings 4:16
And he said, "At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant."

Job 36:5
"Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.

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.