Episodes

Thursday, 2 April 2026 Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. Matthew 18:19 “Again, I say to you, that if two of you, they may harmonize upon the earth about any deed, that if they should ask, it will become to them from My Father, the ‘in heavens’.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus instructed the disciples about binding on earth what is bound in heaven and loosing on earth what is loosed in hea...

Wednesday, 1 April 2026 “Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matthew 18:18 “Amen! I say to you, as much if you should bind upon the earth, it will be ‘having been bindings’ in the heaven. And as much, if you should loosen upon the earth, it will be having been loosenings in the heaven.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus gave instructions on someone who would not listen to the out-called gatherin...

Tuesday, 31 March 2026 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector. Matthew 18:17 “And if he should ignore them, you say to the out-calling. And if also the out-calling he ignores, he is to you as the ethnicity and the taxmen.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus cited the precept from Deuteronomy concerning establishing a matter by two or three witnesses. He next says, “And if he should i...

Monday, 30 March 2026 But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ Matthew 18:16 “And if not he should hear, you take with you yet one or two, that ‘upon mouth – two witnesses, or three, it should stand, every word.’” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus said, “And if he should sin against you, your brother, you withdraw, and you confute him – between you and him alone. If he should hear you, you gained your ...

Sunday, 29 March 2026 “Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. Matthew 18:15 “And if he should sin against you, your brother, you withdraw, and you confute him – between you and him alone. If he should hear you, you gained your brother.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus finished the parable of the lost sheep. He now enters into a new type of possible loss. Unlike a brother in the faith who ...

Saturday, 28 March 2026 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. Matthew 18:14 “Therefore, not, it is, determination – before your Father, the ‘in heavens’ – that he should perish among the least of these.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus noted that the sheepherder rejoiced more over the one sheep that strayed than over the ninety-nine that didn’t. He now finishes this parable, beginning with the words, “Therefore, not.” The fo...

Friday, 27 March 2026 And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. Matthew 18:13 “And if it should become – found it! Amen! I say to you that he rejoices upon it more than upon the ninety-nine, the ‘not having roamed’.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus asked the disciples what they thought a man would do if one of his flock of a hundred went astray. Wouldn’t he go after the one to find it? He now continu...

Thursday, 26 March 2026 “What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying? Matthew 18:12 “What, you, it seems? If it should become, to some man, a hundred sheep, and it should roam – one from them, not he left the ninety-nine upon the mountains, and having gone, he seeks the roaming?” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus noted that the Son of Man came to save that which was los...

Wednesday, 25 March 2026 For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost. Matthew 18:11 “For He came, the Son of Man to save the ‘having been lost’.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus admonished the disciples not to disesteem one of the least of these, noting that their messengers in heaven see the appearance of His Father in heaven. Having noted that, He begins words which explain who “the least of these” refers to. It should be noted that most modern translations omit this verse or ...

Tuesday, 24 March 2026 “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 18:10 “You see – not you should disesteem ‘one, the least of these’. For I say to you that their ‘messengers in heavens’, through all, they see the appearance of My Father, the ‘in heavens’.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus spoke about what to do if your eye ensnares you. It should be plucked out and cast ...

Monday, 23 March 2026 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire. Matthew 18:9 “And if your eye, it ensnares you, you pluck it, and you cast from you. It is good – you enter one-eyed into life, or having two eyes to be cast into the ‘Gehenna the fire’.” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that if a person’s hand or foot causes him to sin, he should cut i...

Sunday, 22 March 2026 “If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire. Matthew 18:8 “And if your hand or your foot, it ensnares you, you exscind them, and you cast from you. It is good – you enter into life lame or crippled, or two hands or two feet having, be cast into the ‘fire, the perpetual’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus gav...

Saturday, 21 March 2026 Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes! Matthew 18:7 “Woe – the world, from the snares! For necessity, it is, the snares to come. Moreover, woe – the man, that, through whom the snare, it comes” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that it would be better for a person who causes one of these little ones to sin, to have a millstone hung around his neck, and be drowned in the depths of the sea. To f...

Friday, 20 March 2026 “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Matthew 18:6 “And whoever, if he should ensnare one – the least of these, the ‘believing in Me,’ it conduces him that it should be hung – heavy millstone, upon his neck, and he should be submerged in the sea’s depth” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that whoever receives a little c...

Thursday, 19 March 2026 Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me. Matthew 18:5 “And whoever, if he should receive one such child upon My name, He receives Me” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus told the disciples that whoever humbles himself as a child is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens. Continuing His thought, He next says, “And whoever, if he should receive one such child upon My name, He receives Me.” The context of Jesus’ words is based on the questio...

Wednesday, 18 March 2026 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:4 “Accordingly, whoever, he should humble himself as this child, he, he is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus emphatically told His apostles that unless they turned and became as the children, they would in no manner enter the kingdom of the heavens. As He has set this forth as an adamant assertion, He can now answer ...

Tuesday, 17 March 2026 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3 “And He said, ‘Amen! I say to you, if not you should turn, and you should become as the children, no, not you should enter into the kingdom of the heavens’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus called a child to Him and set him in the midst of the disciples. Matthew continues with Jesus’ object lesson as He provides why...

Monday, 16 March 2026 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, Matthew 18:2 “And Jesus, having summoned a child, He stood him in their midst” (CG). In the previous verse, the disciples came to Jesus asking who the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens was. In response, Matthew records, “And Jesus, having summoned a child, He stood him in their midst.” It is the initiation of His response, forming an object lesson for them to consider and remember. In Matthew 17...

Sunday, 15 March 2026 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Matthew 18:1 “In that hour, they came, the disciples to Jesus, saying, ‘Who then, he is, greatest in the kingdom of the heavens’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus’s word finished Chapter 17 as He told Peter to go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish he caught, opening its mouth, and taking out a stater that would be in its mouth. With that, Peter was to pay th...

Exploring the Connection Between Matthew 17 and the Book of Esther For BibleInTen.com – By DH – 14th March 2026 Welcome back to Bible in Ten. Today we come to Matthew 17, and in this series that leads us naturally to Book 17 of the Old Testament: Esther. And with an explanation of the overall pictorial contents of Matthew 17 provided in the previous episode, Matthew chapter 17 becomes much clearer and in this supplementary episode, we will see how Esther strengthens it as a supporting witnes...

Saturday, 14 March 2026 An explanation of the overall pictorial contents of Matthew 17. Chapter 17 of Matthew completes a picture that has been ongoing for several chapters. In Chapter 14, there was a snapshot of Israel’s history in relation to the law. Chapter 15 then gave a picture of what is going on in the world from the time Jesus fulfilled the law until the rapture. Chapter 16 revealed a passage that petitions the Jews of the end times to consider who Jesus is based on their own history,...

Friday, 13 March 2026 Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you.” Matthew 17:27 “And that not we should entrap them, having gone to the sea, you cast a hook, and the ‘having ascended first’ fish, you lift, and having opened its mouth, you will find a stater. That, having taken, you give to them for Me and you.” (CG). In...

Thursday, 12 March 2026 Peter said to Him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. Matthew 17:26 “He says to Him, Peter, ‘From the unfamilars.’ Jesus, He says to him, ‘Hence, the sons, they are exempt’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus asked Peter what he thought. Do the kings of the earth take tribute and census from their sons or unfamilars? Next, we read, “He says to Him, Peter, ‘From the unfamilars.’” It would be counterproductive and unkingly for a king to take ...

Wednesday, 11 March 2026 He said, “Yes.” And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from strangers?” Matthew 17:25 “‘Yes,’ he says. And when he entered into the house, Jesus, He preanticipated him, saying, ‘What, you, it seems, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they take tributes or census? From their sons or from unfamilars?’” (CG). In the previous vers...