🕊️ Matthew 18

Matthew 18 is a real chapter from the New Testament. It starts, “In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.” Matthew 18 opens with these words: “In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”” The line to keep is Matthew 18:2: “Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them,” Carry the word “jesus” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Matthew 18:2: “Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them,” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Matthew 18? Then try this: Read “Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them,” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.