Matthew 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. The children around us are in danger of perishing. What that means none of us can fully describe or imagine. We may have seen a superb mansion perish by a fire, or an extensive mill perish by an explosion, or a magnificent ship perish in a storm, and may have attempted to estimate the loss, and have mourned over the wreck and ruin. But for a child, with a God-given, a God-endowed, and a God-redeemed nature to perish, must be something far more terrible than the loss of any mansion, or mill, or ship that ever was built, however elaborately finished, or expensively furnished. (J. Morgan.) Parallel Verses KJV: Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. |