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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Mat_18:10-11
10"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven." 11[" For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost." ]
Mat_18:10 "see that you do not despise one of these little ones" This whole section (i.e., Mat_18:9-11) expresses this same truth.
▣ "their angels" This could be understood to teach that all believers have an individual guardian angel (cf. Psa_91:11; Act_12:15; Heb_1:14). This is an interesting concept, but there is so little biblical evidence on which to build a doctrine. Psa_24:7 is the same truth, but in a corporate sense.
Mat_18:11 This verse is not in the ancient Greek manuscripts à , B, L, or the Greek texts used by Origen, Eusebius, and Jerome. Nor is it found in the Syriac and Coptic versions. It was possibly not an original part of Matthew. It is an addition from Luk_19:10 by early copyists. The UBS4 rates its exclusion as "B" (almost certain).