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Who Is the Greatest?
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
The Greatest in the Kingdom
About that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
About that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them
Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them.
and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,
But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.
“What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.
And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.
So if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand or one foot than to be thrown into eternal fire with both of your hands and feet.
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.
And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away!
In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father’s will that even one of these little ones should perish.
If Your Brother Sins Against You
“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses.
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 a Gentile and a tax collector.
If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.
Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
“I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.
“Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him.
And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold — along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned — to pay the debt.
“But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’
And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.
Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt.
So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’
“His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it,’ he pleaded.
He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt.
But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full.
When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their master all that had taken place.
“When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset. They went to the king and told him everything that had happened.
Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.
Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me.
And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’
Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’
Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt.