Matthew 18:14 (GNV)

Passage

So is it not ye wil of your Father which is in heauen, that one of these litle ones should perish.

Nearby Context

Matthew 18:12 How thinke ye? If a man haue an hundreth sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doeth he not leaue ninetie and nine, and go into the mountaines, and seeke that which is gone astray?

Matthew 18:13 And if so be that he finde it, verely I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine which went not astray:

Matthew 18:14 So is it not ye wil of your Father which is in heauen, that one of these litle ones should perish.

Matthew 18:15 Moreouer, if thy brother trespasse against thee, goe and tell him his fault betweene thee and him alone: if he heare thee, thou hast wonne thy brother.

Matthew 18:16 But if he heare thee not, take yet with thee one or two, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses euery worde may be confirmed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "father", "heauen", "litle", "ones", "should", and "perish". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "father" and "heauen", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And if so be that he finde..." into verse 15's "Moreouer if thy brother trespasse against thee...", so "father" and "heauen" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "father" and "heauen" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.