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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Matthew 18:10 - 18:10
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Mat 18:10-35. Further teaching on the same subject, including the parable of the unmerciful debtor.
Take heed that ye despise - stumble.
not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven - A difficult verse; but perhaps the following may be more than an illustration: - Among men, those who nurse and rear the royal children, however humble in themselves, are allowed free entrance with their charge, and a degree of familiarity which even the highest state ministers dare not assume. Probably our Lord means that, in virtue of their charge over His disciples (Heb 1:13; Joh 1:51), the angels have errands to the throne, a welcome there, and a dear familiarity in dealing with “His Father which is in heaven,” which on their own matters they could not assume.