Matthew 18:23
What meaning of the matthew 18:23 in the Bible?
What does Matthew 18:23 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants."
What does Matthew 18:23 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants."
Verse Matthew 18:23. _THEREFORE IS THE KINGDOM_] In respect to _sin,_ _cruelty_, and _oppression_, God will proceed in the kingdom of heaven (the dispensation of the Gospel) as he did in former times;...
THEREFORE IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN LIKENED ... - The phrase, “the kingdom of heaven,” here has reference to the church, or to the way in which God will deal with his people. “It shall be in my church...
6. INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS DISCIPLES. CONCERNING FORGIVENESS. CHAPTER 18 _ 1. Concerning the Little Ones and Offences. (Matthew 18:1 .) 2. The Son of Man to Save What is Lost. (Matthew 18:11 .) 3. The C...
THE DUTY OF FORGIVENESS ILLUSTRATED BY THE PARABLE OF THE UNGRATEFUL SERVANT. With Matthew 18:21 _ cf._ Luke 17:4, which makes repentance a condition. The Rabbis taught (_Yoma,_ 86_ b)_ that one must...
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS (Matthew 18:1-35) Matthew 18:1-35 is a most important chapter for Christian Ethics, because it deals with those qualities which should characterize the personal relationships o...
THEREFORE. On account of this. Greek. _dia_ (App-104.Matthew 18:1; Matthew 18:1), _touto._ A CERTAIN KING. a man (App-123.). king (Hebraism). WOULD. wished. Greek. _thelo_. App-102. TAKE ACCOUNT. t...
Forgiveness of Sins. Luke 17:3-4 God's forgiveness of sinners suggests the duty of forgiveness among men....
FORGIVENESS OF SINS Luke 17:3-4 God’s forgiveness of sinners suggests the duty of forgiveness among men....
Ver 23. "Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. 24. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten tho...
_THE HEART OF A CHRISTIAN IS CHARACTERIZED BY FORGIVENESS MATTHEW 18:21-35:_ Jesus taught us just to keep on forgiving (seventy times seven). (Matthew 18:22) Are we like the man that owed several mill...
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THEREFORE IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN LIKENED, &C.— "_For this reason,_ or, with respect to this matter, I may properly say that _the kingdom of heaven,_ in its constitution and final process, _may be li...
Section 46 JESUS TRAINS THE TWELVE IN PERSONAL RELATIONS (Parallels: Mark 9:33-50; Luke 9:46-50) TEXT: 18:1-35 A. Humility and True Greatness 1 In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, W...
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. THEREFORE - `with reference to this matter,' IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN LIKENED UNTO CERTAIN...
16 See Deu_19:15; Joh_8:17; 2Co_3:1. 18 See Mat_16:19. 19 The Lord continues in the same vein. If we should attempt to apply these privileges and promises now it would only bring reproach on His nam...
18:23 king (b-13) Lit. 'a man a king.'...
OFFENDING THE LITTLE ONES. THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT 1-14. Ambition reproved, and humility taught by the example of a little child (Mark 9:33; Luke 9:46)....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 18 Chapter 18 is the fourth section of what Jesus taught. It ends in the same way as the other sections ‘Now when Jesus had finished...
THEREFORE IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN LIKENED ... — Over and above the direct teaching of the parable it has the interest, as regards its form, of being, in some sense, an advance on those of chapter 13,...
διὰ τοῦτο suggests that the aim of the parable is to justify the apparently unreasonable demand in Matthew 18:22 : unlimited forgiveness of injuries. After all, says Jesus, suppose ye comply with the...
FORGIVEN YET UNFORGIVING Matthew 18:21-35 _Seventy times seven_ is illimitable forgiveness. These numbers denote the perfection of perfection; and if God asks so much of _us,_ what is _He_ not prepa...
What a sad state of heart prompted this question! How absolutely opposed to the whole genius of the Master's teaching and example! He replied by an act, and a statement growing out of that act. The ch...
FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER Matthew 18:21-35. _“Then Peter, coming to Him, said, Lord, how frequently shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times? Jesus says to him, I do not say...
"Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? (22) Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until sev...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_THE KING AND HIS SERVANTS_ ‘Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.’ Matthew 18:23 The parable shows how absolutely the forgivenes...
23._The kingdom of heaven is compared. _As it is difficult to bend us to mercy, and as we are quickly seized with weariness, particularly when we have to bear with many faults of brethren, our Lord co...
In chapter 18 the great principles proper to the new order of things are made known to the disciples. Let us search a little into these sweet and precious instructions of the Lord. They may be looked...
THEREFORE IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN,.... The Gospel church state, or the church of Christ under the Gospel dispensation, and the methods of God's dealings in it; LIKENED UNTO A CERTAIN KING: or "a man...
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. Ver. 23. _Which would take account of his servants_] This God doth daily. 1. In the preaching...
_Therefore_ In this respect; _the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king_ Here our Lord illustrates the excellent morality of the preceding verse by a lively parable; in which is shown “the...
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; the dealings of Christ with men in the end of the world and the day of judgment, which were to usher in the last and crowning stage of his mediatorial dispensation. See Matthew...
PARABLE OF THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT. THEREFORE IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN LIKENED UNTO A CERTAIN KING WHICH WOULD TAKE ACCOUNT OF HIS SERVANTS. "Therefore," because unlimited forgiving in disposition and...
Though the Lord Jesus has been seen to forego His own rights, He who is by right infinitely great, the disciples show the opposite attitude in desiring some rights above those of others in the kingdom...
21-35 Though we live wholly on mercy and forgiveness, we are backward to forgive the offences of our brethren. This parable shows how much provocation God has from his family on earth, and how untowa...
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Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIV Only, I have said these things with the view of referring his return when he comes with hiskingdom to the consummation, when he commanded the servants to whom he...
Matthew 18:23 Therefore G1223 G5124 kingdom G932 heaven G3772 like G3666 (G5681) certain G444 king G935 who G3739 wanted G2309 (G5656) settle G4868 (G5658) accounts G3056 with G3326 his G846 servants...
THE PARABLE OF THE FORGIVEN SERVANT WHO COULD NOT HIMSELF FORGIVE This subject of repentance and forgiveness was of such importance under the Kingly Rule of Heaven that Jesus now tells a parable abou...
Matthew 18:1-14 forbade offences _against_ the humble. This section teaches how the humble should deal with offences: (1.) as regards the Christian assembly (Matthew 18:15-20); (2.) as regards his own...
MAKE A RECKONING (συναρα λογον). Seen also in Matthew 25:19. Perhaps a Latinism, _rationes conferre_. First aorist active infinitive of συναιρω, to cast up accounts, to settle, to compare accounts...
KINGDOM (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:2). _...
Matthew 18:23 The Unmerciful Servant. The key-notes of this parable are to be found at the beginning and end. It was spoken in order to show that a man should set no limit to the forgiveness of injur...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the child text. Discipline in the church. Unity in prayer. Law of forgiveness. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter. CONCLUSION: Those are truly great who are truly humble and good, and...
Matthew 18:1. _Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?_ The comparative μειζων _greater,_ is put here for the superlative. By the kingdom of heaven, they meant the worldly glory of the church in...
BECAUSE THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE. He now uses a parable to explain this idea of forgiveness. A KING WHO DECIDED TO CHECK ON HIS SERVANTS' ACCOUNTS. A king had people working for him who managed h...
_Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants._ THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT I. That we are all God’s debtors. Debt in the New Testament is a co...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 18:1 The Community of the Messiah Revealed. This is the fourth of Jesus’ five major teachings in Matthew’s Gospel (see Introduction: Key Themes). Jesus instructs his disciples...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 18:22. UNTIL SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN.—That is, as often as there is a cause—a certain number is put for an uncertain (_John Wesley_). Matthew 18:24. TEN THOUSAND TALENTS.—The tal...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 18:1 _Discourse concerning the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, and the mutual duties of Christians_._ _(Mark 9:33; Luke 9:46-42.) MATTHEW 18:1 _The greatest in the kingdom of...
Now at the same time there came disciples to Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? (Matthew 18:1) Oh, boy how they longed for this. You're talking about motivation, and the dis...
1 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Luke 16:1; Luke 16:2; Luke 19:12; Matthew 25:1; Matthew 25:14; Matthew 25:19;...
A certain king [α ν θ ρ ω π ω β α σ ι λ ε ι]. Lit., a man, a king. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a human king. Take account of his servants [σ υ ν α ρ α ι λ ο γ ο ν μ ε τ α τ ω ν δ ο υ λ ω ν α υ...
GOD'S FORGIVENESS FOR SINS Matthew 6:14; _Matthew 18:21_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The question which the words of our first text propound, is, Is forgiveness conditional? In answering this query we would...
Therefore — In this respect....
Our blessed Saviour, to enforce the foregoing doctrine of mutual forgiveness, propounds. parable; the main scope of which is to shew, that unless we do actually forgive and pass by injuries done to us...