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Matthew, Chapter 18

¹ At that^a Lit hourtime the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” ² And He called a child to Himself and set him^b Lit in their midstbefore them, ³ and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you^c Lit are turnedare converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵ And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me; ⁶ but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it^d Lit is betterwould be better for him to have a^e Lit millstone turned by a donkeyheavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.	1 Mat 18:1-5 Luk 9:46-48 Luk 22:24 3 Mat 19:14 Mar 10:15 Luk 18:17 Co1 14:20 Pe1 2:2 6 Mar 9:42 Luk 17:2 Co1 8:12 Mat 17:27
⁷ “Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!	7 Luk 17:1 Co1 11:19 Ti1 4:1
⁸ “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than^f Lit having; Gr part.to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire. ⁹ If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than^g Lit having; Gr part.to have two eyes and be cast into the^h Lit Gehenna of firefiery hell.	8 Mat 5:30 Mar 9:43 9 Mat 5:29 Mar 9:47 Mat 5:22
¹⁰ “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven. ¹¹ [ⁱ Early mss do not contain this vFor the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]	10 Luk 1:19 Act 12:15 Rev 8:2 11 Luk 19:10
¹² “What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying? ¹³ If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. ¹⁴ So it is not the will^j Lit beforeof your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.	12 Mat 18:12-14
¹⁵ “If your brother sins^k Late mss add against you, go and^l Or reproveshow him his fault^m Lit between you and him alonein private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. ¹⁶ But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERYⁿ Lit wordFACT MAY BE CONFIRMED. ¹⁷ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as^o Lit thea Gentile and^p Lit thea tax collector. ¹⁸ Truly I say to you, whatever you^q Or forbidbind on earth^r Gr fut. pft. pass.shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you^s Or permitloose on earth^t Gr fut. pft. pass.shall have been loosed in heaven.	15 Lev 19:17 Luk 17:3 Gal 6:1 Th2 3:15 Jam 5:19 16 Deu 19:15 Joh 8:17 Co2 13:1 Ti1 5:19 Heb 10:28 17 Co1 6:1 Th2 3:6 Th2 3:14 18 Mat 16:19 Joh 20:23
¹⁹ “Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them^u Lit fromby My Father who is in heaven. ²⁰ For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”	19 Mat 7:7 20 Mat 28:20
²¹ Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” ²² Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.	21 Mat 18:15 Luk 17:4 22 Gen 4:24
²³ “For this reason the kingdom of heaven^v Lit was compared tomay be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. ²⁴ When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him^wten thousand talents was brought to him. ²⁵ But since he^x Or was unable todid not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made. ²⁶ So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’ ²⁷ And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the^y Or loandebt. ²⁸ But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred^z The denarius was a day’s wagesdenarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe.’ ²⁹ So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you.’ ³⁰ But he was unwilling^aa Lit butand went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed. ³¹ So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their lord all that had happened. ³² Then summoning him, his lord said to him, ‘You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. ³³ Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?’ ³⁴ And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him. ³⁵ My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from^ab Lit your hearts*your heart.”	23 Mat 13:24 Mat 25:19 25 Luk 7:42 Exo 21:2 Lev 25:39 Ki2 4:1 Neh 5:5 26 Mat 8:2 27 Luk 7:42 33 Mat 6:12 Eph 4:32 35 Mat 6:14


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