King James Version
Matthew 18:14 in the King James Version says “Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.”
Matthew 18:14 · KJV
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?
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.
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the will”
G2307a determination (properly, the thing), i.e., (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination
“heaven”
G3772the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of god); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the gospel (christianity)
“should perish”
G622to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively
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