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V1 greatest[1] may be a rank of a person with ability, virtue, authority, or power. The kingdom of heaven was at hand.[2] They are still thinking of the Kingdom of God as a government of authority of one over the other, a hierarchy of authority.[3]
V3 But we are told that we must become as little children. Children to which Father? To a father of flesh and blood. What made Peter "happy"[4] was that he knew the truth not by flesh and blood but by revelation. Christ was already stating he would "appoint" the kingdom to the apostles as His "little flock" in accordance to his plan to take the kingdom[5] from the Pharisees because their Corban was bringing the people back into the bondage of Egypt. Why would Jesus the Christ desire to appoint one man to exercise authority[3] one over the other?
V4 Whosoever ... shall humble[6] himself as this little child[7], the same is greatest[1] in the kingdom of heaven.
V5 receive ... in my name[8] receiveth me.
That does not mean just use His name by pronouncing a spelled name.[8] Nor just saying you believe but it would mean not to continue in practices which Christ would say are works of iniquity.
The phrase "in my name"[8] which appears many times [8] in the Bible and New Testament but here the author uses different Greek words than you see almost every where else. The Greek phrase synēgmenoi eis to emon onoma (συνηγμένοι εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα, 4863 1519 3588 1699 3686 ) literally means,
gather together, hence come together in My name, authority, or cause.[8]
The Doctrine of Jesus tells us clearly what that would look like and what that would not look like. Of course, Christ also sent the Comforter who is the Holy Spirit to write upon our heart and mind to reveal to us without flesh and blood The Way and the Truth and the Life.[9] This divine process is what makes us all lively stones
We do see the same words in 1 Corinthians 1:15 "Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name." By using eis emos onoma the author is giving us the idea that a gathering [sunago eis emos onoma] has a specific purpose or direction dependent on the 'I am' of Jesus Christ.
In His name would actually be exemplified by the character you gather with and in. Lots of people say they believe in Jesus or Yeshua but they do not come to serve like He and the early Church did. Nor do they have his willingness to forgive and give of themselves in the same way.
"Jesus saith unto him, I am[10] the way, the truth[11], and the life:[12] no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6
V6 Who shall offend[13] one of these little ones which believe in me...
V7 Woe unto the world because of offences![14]
V8 - V9 The difference everlasting <166> fire <4442> and hell <1067> fire <4442>.‭
V10 Angels [15] do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
V11 ... come to save the lost.
V12 ...goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?[16]
V15 17 ...if thy brother shall trespass[17] ...tell him his fault[18]... then take with thee one or two more,... tell it unto the church
V18 This list" Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind[19] on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose[20] on earth shall be loosed in heaven. includes the same "keys to the kingdom of heaven" given in Matthew 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind (deo)[19] on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose (luo)[20] on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
V19 - 20 But here it seems these keys are being given wherever two or more are gathered in His name.[8] Two or three witnesses
V21 "how oft shall my brother sin against me"? To forgive unbinds and loosens which is a part of the Keys of the Kingdom. We will also see how important it is to be responsible with what is given to us but also in how we give.
V23 - 17 kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants... to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.... Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
V28 - 30 But the same servant ... took his fellowservants by the throat... and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
V31 - 35 ...fellowservants ... were very sorry ... his lord... Shouldest not thou also have had compassion ... and delivered him ... till he should pay all that was due unto him. ... So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
The lost sheep should also be happy they found the shepherd. “‭27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:” John 10:27.
The Gospel of the kingdom changed the course of history because it changed the course of the people who repented the covetous practices of the Caesars of Rome, Herod, the Pharisees and the worlds of that age. Those who believed in Christ as the king of a different kind of government of individual responsibility and natural rights followed The Way taught by Jesus and His disciples. As not merely hearers of the word but doers who were seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness through a daily ministration of Pure Religion. Their refusal to eat at the table of rulers and sign up for the free bread, benefits and dainties of Rome because they saw those socialist systems as idolatry[21] brought them into the conflict with the Imperial Cult of Rome.
There was a problem with the temple tax, the moneychangers, the Corban and treasury of the government of Judea, the Gentiles, and those governments who exercise authority.[3] Jesus will go to Jerusalem establish the kingdom where the people, the living stones, and even the world will testify that there is another king.[22] His kingdom of God was taken from one and appointed to another.[5]
We will see that Parthians, Romans, Canaanites, Samaritans, and many others who will began to follow The Way of righteousness and no longer desire the wages of unrighteousness provided by the tables and Mammon of the temples of Caesar.


Who Is the Greatest?

[1] At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest[1] in the kingdom of heaven?

[2] And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

[3] And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

[4] Whosoever therefore shall humble[6] himself as this little child[7], the same is greatest[1] in the kingdom of heaven.

[5] And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name[8] receiveth me.

[6] But whoso shall offend[23] one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Temptations to Sin

[7] Woe unto the world because of offences![14] for it must needs be that offences[14] come; but woe to that man by whom the offence[14] cometh!

[8] Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend[23] thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

[9] And if thine eye offend[23] thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

[10] Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels[15] do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

[11] For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

[12] How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

[13] And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

[14] Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

If Your Brother Sins Against You

[15] Moreover if thy brother shall trespass[24] against thee, go and tell him his fault[25] between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother

[16] But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

[17] And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

The keys again

[18] Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind[19] on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose[20] on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

[19] Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

[20] For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

[21] 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 seventy times seven.

Taking account in the kingdom

[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 thousand talents.

[25] But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

[26] The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

[27] Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

[28] But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

[29] And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

[30] And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

[31] So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

[32] Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

[33] Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

[34] And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

[35] So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 3187 μείζων meizon [mide’-zone] irregular comparative of 3173 megas -great also 3176 megistos greatest, AV; adj comparative; AV-greater 34, greatest 9, elder 1, more 1; 45
    1) greater, larger, elder, stronger
  2. Kingdom at hand
    “‭So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.” Luke 21:31.
    “‭And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 3:2
    “‭From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17.
    “‭And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 10:7
    “‭And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” Mark 1:15
    “‭16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.Luke 22:16 and then he ate
    “‭36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you... ‭41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? 42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. ‭43 And he took it, and did eat before them.Luke 24:41-43
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Not exercise authority
    Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
    Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
    Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
  4. 3107 μακάριος makarios [mak-ar’-ee-os] a prolonged form of the poetical makar (meaning the same); adj; TDNT- 4:362,548; [{See TDNT 459 }] AV-blessed 44, happy 5, happier 1; 50
    1) blessed, happy
    • The ancient Greek adjective for "blessed" or "happy" is makarios, "which was originally used to describe those who lived in another world." They had "had achieved a state of happiness and contentment in life that was beyond all cares, labors, and even death." The verb makaeizo means "count as happy" or as a noun makarismos has a definition of "a declaration of blessedness" in its "Usage: regarding as happy, blessed, or enviable" while others see it as a "happy calling, the act of pronouncing happy" or "regarding as happy blessed or enviable".
    • * Distinguished from the Greek noun eulogia also said to mean "blessed", adj. 2127 eulogeo or v. 2128 eulogetos, n. 2129 eulogia = to praise...to consecrate,.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kingdom Taken
    Matthew 2:6 "And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor(2233), that shall rule my people Israel."
    Matthew 9:16  "No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.  17  Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved." Jesus did not just reform the kingdom.
    Matthew 21:43 "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." Jesus would take it as priest and king.
    Luke 13:9 "And if it bear fruit, [well]: and if not, [then] after that thou shalt cut it down." The Corbans of the world were covetous practices
    John 19:15...19 "But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar." The kingdom taken by the words of their own mouth.
    John 15:4 "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me." The people must seek The Way.
    John 15:8 "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples."
    Luke 12:32 "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
    Luke 22:29 "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"
    Mark 15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
    1 Peter 2:9 "But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:"
    See Taking and Giving the Kingdom
  6. 6.0 6.1 5013 ~ταπεινόω~ tapeinoo \@tap-i-no’-o\@ from 5011; v AV-humble 6, abase 5, humble (one’s) self 2, bring low 1; 14
    1) to make low, bring low
    1a) to level, reduce to a plain
    1b) metaph. to bring into a humble condition, reduce to meaner circumstances
    1b1) to assign a lower rank or place to
    1b2) to abase
    1b3) to be ranked below others who are honoured or rewarded
    1b4) to humble or abase myself by humble living
    1c) to lower, depress
    1c1) of one’s soul bring down one’s pride
    1c2) to have a modest opinion of one’s self
    1c3) to behave in an unassuming manner
    1c4) devoid of all haughtiness
  7. 7.0 7.1 3813 παιδίον paidion [pahee-dee’-on] from dimin. of 3816; n n; TDNT-5:636,759; [{See TDNT 581 }] AV-child 25, little child 12, young child 10, damsel 4; 51
    1) a young child, a little boy, a little girl
    1a) infants
    1b) children, little ones
    1c) an infant
    1c1) of a (male) child just recently born
    1d) of a more advanced child; of a mature child;
    1e) metaph. children (like children) in intellect
    • For Synonyms see entry 5868 & 5943
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 My Name
    Matthew 24:5 "For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many... 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
    Mark 9:37 "Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me."
    Mark 13:6 "For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many."
    Luke 21:8 "And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them."
    John 14:26 "But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."
    Acts 9:15 "But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:"
    Jeremiah 7:11 "Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen [it], saith the LORD."
    Malachi 2:2 "If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings<01293>: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart." See curse children, wages of unrighteousness and snare.
  9. : John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
    John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
  10. Reference I am
    Exodus 3:14 "And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.";
    John 10:9; Isaiah_35:8-9; Matthew 11:27; Acts 4:12; Romans 5:2; Ephesians 2:18; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 9:8, Hebrews 10:19-22; 1 Peter 1:21
  11. Reference the truth
    Psalms 86:11 "Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name."
    Psalms 119:30 "I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid [before me]."
    John 1:14, 17, John 8:32, John 15:1, John 18:37; Romans 15:8-9; 2 Corinthians 1:19-20; Colossians 2:9, 17; 1 John 1:8, 1 John 5:6, 20; Revelation 1:5, Revelation 3:7, 14, Revelation 19:11
  12. Reference the life
    John 14:19, John 1:4, John 5:21, 25-29, John 6:33, 51, 57, 68, John 8:51, John 10:28, John 11:25-26, John 17:2-3; Acts 3:15; Romans 5:21; 1 Corinthians 15:45; Colossians 3:4; 1 John 1:1-2, 1 John 5:11-12; Revelation 22:1, 17
  13. 4624 ~σκανδαλίζω~ skandalizo \@skan-dal-id’-zo\@ ("scandalize") from 4625; TDNT-7:339,1036; {See TDNT 715} v AV-offend 28, make to offend 2; 30
    1) to put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall, metaph. to offend
    1a) to entice to sin
    1b) to cause a person to begin to distrust and desert one whom he ought to trust and obey
    1b1) to cause to fall away
    1b2) to be offended in one, i.e. to see in another what I disapprove of and what hinders me from acknowledging his authority
    1b3) to cause one to judge unfavourably or unjustly of another
    1c) since one who stumbles or whose foot gets entangled feels annoyed
    1c1) to cause one displeasure at a thing
    1c2) to make indignant
    1c3) to be displeased, indignant
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 4625 ~σκάνδαλον~ skandalon \@skan’-dal-on\@ ("scandal") probably from a derivative of 2578; TDNT-7:339,1036; {See TDNT 715} n n AV-offence 9, stumbling block 3, occasion of stumbling 1, occasion to fall 1, thing that offends 1; 15
    1) the movable stick or trigger of a trap, a trap stick
    1a) a trap, snare
    1b) any impediment placed in the way and causing one to stumble or fall, (a stumbling block, occasion of stumbling) i.e. a rock which is a cause of stumbling
    1c) fig. applied to Jesus Christ, whose person and career were so contrary to the expectations of the Jews concerning the Messiah, that they rejected him and by their obstinacy made shipwreck of their salvation
    2) any person or thing by which one is (entrapped) drawn into error or sin
  15. 15.0 15.1 32 ~ἄγγελος~ aggelos \@ang’-el-os\@ from aggello [probably derived from 71 ago to lead, cf 34] (to bring tidings); n m AV-angel 179, messenger 7; 186
    1) a messenger, envoy, one who is sent {#Mt 11:10 Lu 7:27 9:52 Mr 1:2 Jas 2:25}
    2) an angel
    2a) sent from God (see Colossians 2:18)
    2a1) to execute his purposes {#Mt 4:6,11 28:2 Mr 1:13 Lu 16:22 22:43 Ac 7:35 12:23 Ga 3:19 Heb 1:14}
    2a1) to make his purposes known to men {#Lu 1:11,26 2:9-14 Ac 10:3 27:23 Mt 1:20 2:13 28:5 Joh 20:12-13}
    2b) they are subject not only to God the Father but also to Christ {#Heb 1:4-7 1Pe 3:22 Eph 1:21 Ga 4:14} who is described to have returned to judgment surrounded by a multitude of them as servants and attendants {#Mt 13:41,49 16:27 24:31 25:31 2Th 1:7 Jude 14}
    2c) single angels have charge of separate elements: as fire {#Re 14:18} waters {#Re 16:5 7:1-3}
    2d) some angels are mentioned as guardian angels of individuals {#Mt 18:10 Ac 12:15}
    2e) some angels are over churches {#Re 1:20 2:1,8,12,18 3:1,7,14}
    2f) some angels have proven faithless to the trust committed to them by God, and have given themselves over to sin {#Jude 6 2Pe 2:4} and now obey the devil {#Mt 25:41 Re 12:7 1Co 6:3 2Co 12:7}
  16. My sheep hear
    “‭7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,” Psalms 95:7
    “‭2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ‭3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.” John 10:2, 5
    “‭27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:” John 10:27
  17. 264 ~ἁμαρτάνω~ hamartano \@ham-ar-tan’-o\@ perhaps from 1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 3313 maraino a flame fade away; v AV-sin 38, trespass 3, offend 1, for your faults 1; 43
    1) to be without a share in
    2) to miss the mark
    3) to err, be mistaken
    4) to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and
    honour, to do or go wrong
    5) to wander from the law of God, violate God’s law, sin
  18. 1651 ~ἐλέγχω~ elegcho \@el-eg’-kho\@ of uncertain affinity; v AV-reprove 6, rebuke 5, convince 4, tell (one’s) fault 1, convict 1; 17
    1) to convict, refute, confute
    1a) generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted
    1b) by conviction to bring to the light, to expose
    2) to find fault with, correct
    2a) by word
    2a1) to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove
    2a2) to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation
    2b) by deed
    2b1) to chasten, to punish
    For Synonyms see entry 5884
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 1210 ~δέω~ deo \@deh’-o\@ a root; v AV-bind 37, tie 4, knit 1, be in bonds 1, wind 1; 44
    1) to bind tie, fasten
    1a) to bind, fasten with chains, to throw into chains
    1b) metaph.
    1b1) Satan is said to bind a woman bent together by means of a demon, as his messenger, taking possession of the woman and preventing her from standing upright
    1b2) to bind, put under obligation, of the law, duty etc.
    1b2a) to be bound to one, a wife, a husband
    1b3) to forbid, prohibit, declare to be illicit
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 3089 λύω luo [loo’-o] a root word; v; TDNT-2:60 & 4:328,543; [{See TDNT 456 }] AV-loose 27, break 5, unloose 3, destroy 2, dissolve 2, put off 1, melt 1, break up 1, break down 1; 43
    1) to loose any person (or thing) tied or fastened
    1a) bandages of the feet, the shoes,
    1b) of a husband and wife joined together by the bond of matrimony
    1c) of a single man, whether he has already had a wife or has not yet married
    2) to loose one bound, i.e. to unbind, release from bonds, set free
    2a) of one bound up (swathed in bandages)
    2b) bound with chains (a prisoner), discharge from prison, let go
    3) to loosen, undo, dissolve, anything bound, tied, or compacted together
    3a) an assembly, i.e. to dismiss, break up
    3b) laws, as having a binding force, are likened to bonds
    3c) to annul, subvert
    3d) to do away with, to deprive of authority, whether by precept or act
    3e) to declare unlawful
    3f) to loose what is compacted or built together, to break up, demolish, destroy
    3g) to dissolve something coherent into parts, to destroy
    3h) metaph., to overthrow, to do away with
  21. Covetousness is idolatry
    Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
    Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
    1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
  22. Another King
    Acts 17:7 "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."
    Matthew 2:1 "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him."
    Matthew 27:11 "And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest."
    Matthew 27:37 "And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
    Mark 15:26 "And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
    John 6:15 "When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone."
    John 17:6-18“‭6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: ... ‭9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, ... ‭11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, ... ‭12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. ‭13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. ‭14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. ‭15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. ‭16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. ‭17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. ‭18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.”
    John 18:33 "Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?... 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice."
    John 19:19 "And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS."
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 4624 ~σκανδαλίζω~ skandalizo \@skan-dal-id’-zo\@ ("scandalize") from 4625; TDNT-7:339,1036; {See TDNT 715} v AV-offend 28, make to offend 2; 30
    1) to put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall, metaph. to offend
    1a) to entice to sin
    1b) to cause a person to begin to distrust and desert one whom he ought to trust and obey
    1b1) to cause to fall away
    1b2) to be offended in one, i.e. to see in another what I disapprove of and what hinders me from acknowledging his authority
    1b3) to cause one to judge unfavourably or unjustly of another
    1c) since one who stumbles or whose foot gets entangled feels annoyed
    1c1) to cause one displeasure at a thing
    1c2) to make indignant
    1c3) to be displeased, indignant
  24. 264 ~ἁμαρτάνω~ hamartano \@ham-ar-tan’-o\@ perhaps from 1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 3313 maraino a flame fade away; v AV-sin 38, trespass 3, offend 1, for your faults 1; 43
    1) to be without a share in
    2) to miss the mark
    3) to err, be mistaken
    4) to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and
    honour, to do or go wrong
    5) to wander from the law of God, violate God’s law, sin
  25. 1651 ~ἐλέγχω~ elegcho \@el-eg’-kho\@ of uncertain affinity; v AV-reprove 6, rebuke 5, convince 4, tell (one’s) fault 1, convict 1; 17
    1) to convict, refute, confute
    1a) generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted
    1b) by conviction to bring to the light, to expose
    2) to find fault with, correct
    2a) by word
    2a1) to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove
    2a2) to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation
    2b) by deed
    2b1) to chasten, to punish
    For Synonyms see entry 5884