Passage Research
Matthew 18 — Sermon Preparation
Jesus teaches about childlike humility, the lost sheep, handling sin between brothers, and the parable of unlimited forgiveness. Below is a research summary for Matthew 18, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Matthew 18 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| οὐρανός | ouranós | G3772 | 10 | air, heaven, sky |
| ἀποδίδωμι | apodídōmi | G591 | 7 | deliver, give, pay, perform |
| δύο | dýo | G1417 | 7 | both, twain, two |
| εἷς | heîs | G1520 | 7 | a, abundantly, man, one |
| σύνδουλος | sýndoulos | G4889 | 4 | fellowservant |
| βάλλω | bállō | G906 | 5 | arise, cast, dung, lay |
| δοῦλος (II) | doûlos | G1401 | 5 | bond, servant |
How preachers through history handled this text
48 public-domain excerpts on Matthew 18, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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 untoward his servants are. There are three things in the parable: 1. The master's wonderful clemency. The debt of sin is so great, that we are not able to pay it. See here what every sin deserves; this is the wages of sin, to be sold as a slave. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Matthew 18:21–40 (Public Domain)
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