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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 18 WEY</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WEY</a> > Matthew 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/17.htm" title="Matthew 17">◄</a> Matthew 18 <a href="../matthew/19.htm" title="Matthew 19">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Weymouth New testament</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">The Greatest in the Kingdom<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/9.htm#33">Mark 9:33-37</a>; <a href="../luke/9.htm#46">Luke 9:46-50</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Just then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who ranks higher than others in the Kingdom of the Heavens?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So He called a young child to Him, and, bidding him stand in the midst of them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>said, "In solemn truth I tell you that unless you turn and become like little children, you will in no case be admitted into the Kingdom of the Heavens. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this young child, he it is who is superior to others in the Kingdom of the Heavens. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And whoever for my sake receives one young child such as this, receives me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.</p> <a name="7" id="7"></a><p class="hdg">Temptations and Trespasses<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/9.htm#42">Mark 9:42-50</a>; <a href="../luke/17.htm">Luke 17:1-4</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>"Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot but come, but alas for each man through whom they come!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If your hand or your foot is causing you to fall into sin, cut it off and away with it. It is better for you to enter into Life crippled in hand or foot than to remain in possession of two sound hands or feet but be thrown into the fire of the Ages. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And if your eye is causing you to fall into sin, tear it out and away with it; it is better for you to enter into Life with only one eye, than to remain in possession of two eyes but be thrown into the Gehenna of fire.</p> <a name="10" id="10"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Lost Sheep<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/15.htm">Luke 15:1-7</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>"Beware of ever despising one of these little ones, for I tell you that in Heaven their angels have continual access to my Father who is in Heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>What do you yourselves think? Suppose a man gets a hundred sheep and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go and look for the one that is straying? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And if he succeeds in finding it, in solemn truth I tell you that he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Just so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.</p> <a name="15" id="15"></a><p class="hdg">A Brother who Sins<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../deuteronomy/19.htm#15">Deuteronomy 19:15-21</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>"If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point out his fault to him when only you and he are there. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested by two or three witnesses. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If he refuses to hear them, appeal to the Church; and if he refuses to hear even the Church, regard him just as you regard a Gentile or a tax-gatherer. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I solemnly tell you that whatever you as a Church bind on earth will in Heaven be held as bound, and whatever you loose on earth will in Heaven be held to be loosed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I also solemnly tell you that if two of you here on earth agree together concerning anything whatever that they shall ask, the boon will come to them from my Father who is in Heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For where there are two or three assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them."</p> <a name="21" id="21"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../romans/12.htm#14">Romans 12:14-21</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>At this point Peter came to Him with the question, "Master, how often shall my brother act wrongly towards me and I forgive him? seven times?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>"I do not say seven times," answered Jesus, "but seventy times seven times.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>"For this reason the Kingdom of the Heavens may be compared to a king who determined to have a settlement of accounts with his servants. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But as soon as he began the settlement, one was brought before him who owed 10,000 talents, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and was unable to pay. So his master ordered that he and his wife and children and everything that he had should be sold, and payment be made. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The servant therefore falling down, prostrated himself at his feet and entreated him. "'Only give me time,' he said, 'and I will pay you the whole.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>"Whereupon his master, touched with compassion, set him free and forgave him the debt. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But no sooner had that servant gone out, than he met with one of his fellow servants who owed him 100 shillings; and seizing him by the throat and nearly strangling him he exclaimed, "'Pay me all you owe.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>"His fellow servant therefore fell at his feet and entreated him, "'Only give me time,' he said, 'and I will pay you.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>"He would not, however, but went and threw him into prison until he should pay what was due. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>His fellow servants, therefore, seeing what had happened, were exceedingly angry; and they came and told their master without reserve all that had happened. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>At once his master called him and said, "'Wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you entreated me: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?' <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>"So his master, greatly incensed, handed him over to the jailers until he should pay all he owed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/18-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>"In the same way my Heavenly Father will deal with you, if you do not all of you forgive one another from your hearts."</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Weymouth New testament<br /><br /><a href="//intbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible<br />© 2012, Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/matthew/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>