Matthew 18, side by side

¹At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

¹At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

²Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

²And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

³“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

³And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

⁴Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

⁴Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

⁵And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.

⁵And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

⁶But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

⁶But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

⁷Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

⁷Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

⁸If 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 to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

⁸Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

⁹And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

⁹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

¹⁰See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

¹⁰Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

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¹¹For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

¹²What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

¹²How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

¹³And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

¹³And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

¹⁴In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

¹⁴Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

¹⁵If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

¹⁵Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

¹⁶But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

¹⁶But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

¹⁷If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

¹⁷And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

¹⁸Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

¹⁸Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

¹⁹Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

¹⁹Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

²⁰For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

²⁰For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

²¹Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

²¹Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

²²Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

²²Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

²³Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

²³Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

²⁴As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.

²⁴And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

²⁵Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

²⁵But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

²⁶Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’

²⁶The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

²⁷His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.

²⁷Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

²⁸But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’

²⁸But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

²⁹So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’

²⁹And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

³⁰But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

³⁰And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

³¹When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.

³¹So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

³²Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

³²Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

³³Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

³³Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

³⁴In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

³⁴And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

³⁵That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

³⁵So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.