Matthew 18:14 (YLT)

Passage

so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.

Nearby Context

Matthew 18:12 `What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not--having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains--seek that which is gone astray?

Matthew 18:13 and if it may come to pass that he doth find it, verily I say to you, that he doth rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray;

Matthew 18:14 so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.

Matthew 18:15 `And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

Matthew 18:16 and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "and if it may come to pass..." into verse 15's "And if thy brother may sin against...", so "presence" and "father" 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 "presence" and "father" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.