Matteo 18:11

11 Poiché il Figliuol dell’uomo è venuto a salvare ciò che era perito.

Matteo 18:11 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 18:11

For the Son of man is come to seek that which was lost.
] This is another, and stronger reason, why these little ones should not be despised; because Christ, who is here meant by the Son of man, came into this world to save these persons; who were lost in Adam, and had destroyed themselves by their transgressions, and carries great force in it: for if God had so great a regard to these little ones, as to send his Son to obtain eternal salvation for them, when they were in a miserable and perishing condition; and Christ had so much love for them, as to come into this world, and endure the sorrows, sufferings, and death itself for them, who were not only little, but lost; and that to obtain righteousness and life for them, and save them with an everlasting salvation; then they must, and ought to be, far above the contempt of all mortals; and the utmost care should be taken not to despise, grieve, offend, and injure them in any form or shape whatever; see ( Romans 14:15 ) ( 1 Corinthians 8:11 ) . Beza observes, that this whole verse is left out in some Greek copies, but it stands in others, and in all the Oriental versions, and in Munster's Hebrew Gospel; nor can it be omitted; the following parable, which is an exemplification of it, requires it.

Matteo 18:11 In-Context

9 E se l’occhio tuo t’è occasion di peccato, cavalo e gettalo via da te; meglio è per te l’entrar nella vita con un occhio solo, che l’aver due occhi ed esser gettato nella geenna del fuoco.

10 Guardatevi dal disprezzare alcuno di questi piccoli; perché io vi dico che gli angeli loro, ne’ cieli, vedono del continuo la faccia del Padre mio che è ne’ cieli.

11 Poiché il Figliuol dell’uomo è venuto a salvare ciò che era perito.

12 Che vi par egli? Se un uomo ha cento pecore e una di queste si smarrisce, non lascerà egli le novantanove sui monti per andare in cerca della smarrita?

13 E se gli riesce di ritrovarla, in verità vi dico ch’ei si rallegra più di questa che delle novantanove che non si erano smarrite.