Matthew 18 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Who Is Greatest in Heaven?

(Mar 9:33–37; Luk 9:46–48 )

At that [fn]time^G5610 the disciples^G3101 came^G4334 to Jesus^G2424 and said^G3004, “Who^G5101 then^G686 is greatest^G3173 in^G686 the kingdom^G932 of heaven^G3772?”

Mat 18:2

Mat 18:2And He called a child to Himself and set him [fn]before them,

Mat 18:3

Mat 18:3and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you [fn]are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Mat 18:4

Mat 18:4“Whoever therefore will humble himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Mat 18:5

Mat 18:5“And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me;

(Mar 9:42–48; Luk 17:1, 2 )

Mat 18:6

Mat 18:6but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it is better for him that a [fn]heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Stumbling Blocks

Mat 18:7

“Woe^G3759 to the world^G2889 because^G575 of its stumbling^G4625 blocks^G4625! For it is inevitable^G318 that stumbling^G4625 blocks^G4625 come^G2064; nevertheless, woe^G3759 to that man^G444 through^G1223 whom^G3739 the stumbling^G4625 block^G4625 comes^G2064!

Mat 18:8

“And if^G1487 your hand^G5495 or^G2228 your foot^G4228 causes^G4624 you to^G4624 stumble^G4624, cut^G1581 it off^G1581 and throw^G906 it from you; it is better^G2570 for you to enter^G1525 life^G2222 crippled^G2948 or^G2228 lame^G5560, than^G2228, having^G2192 two^G1417 hands^G5495 or^G2228 two^G1417 feet^G4228, to be cast^G906 into the eternal^G166 fire^G4442.

Mat 18:9

Mat 18:9“And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into the [fn]fiery hell.

(Luk 15:1–7 )

Mat 18:10

“See^G3708 that you do not despise^G2706 one^G1520 of these^G3778 little^G3398 ones^G3398, for I say^G3004 to you that their angels^G32 in heaven^G3772 continually^G1223^G3956 see^G3708 the face^G4383 of My Father^G3962 who is in heaven^G3772.

Mat 18:11

Mat 18:11 [fn][“For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

Mat 18:12

“What^G5101 do you think^G1380? If^G1437 any^G5100 man^G444 has^G1096 one hundred^G1540 sheep^G4263, and one^G1520 of them has gone^G4105 astray^G4105, does he not leave^G863 the ninety-nine^G1768^G1767 on the mountains^G3735 and go^G4198 and search^G2212 for^G2212 the one that is straying^G4105?

Mat 18:13

Mat 18:13“And 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.

Mat 18:14

Mat 18:14“In this way, it is not the will [fn]of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

If Your Brother Sins

Mat 18:15

“Now if^G1437 your brother^G80 sins^G264[fn], go^G5217 and [fn]show^G1651 him his fault^G1651, between^G3342 you^G4471 and^G2532 him^G846 alone^G3441; if^G1437 he listens^G191 to you, you have won^G2770 your brother^G80.

Mat 18:16

Mat 18:16“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 EVERY [fn]FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED.

Mat 18:17

Mat 18:17“And 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 the Gentile and the tax collector.

Mat 18:18

Mat 18:18“Truly I say to you, whatever you [fn]bind on earth [fn]shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you [fn]loose on earth [fn]shall have been loosed in heaven.

Mat 18:19

“Again^G3825 I say^G3004 to you, that if^G1437 two^G1417 of you agree^G4856 on earth^G1093 about^G4012 anything^G3956^G4229 that they may ask^G154, it shall be done^G1096 for them [fn]by My Father^G3962 who is in heaven^G3772.

Mat 18:20

Mat 18:20“For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

Forgiveness

Mat 18:21

Then^G5119 Peter^G4074 came^G4334 and said^G3004 to Him, “Lord^G2962, how^G4212 often^G4212 shall my brother^G80 sin^G264 against^G1519 me and I forgive^G863 him? Up to seven^G2034 times^G2034?”

Mat 18:22

Mat 18:22Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

Mat 18:23

“For this^G3778 reason^G1223 the kingdom^G932 of heaven^G3772 [fn]may be compared^G3666 to a king^G935 who^G3739 wished^G2309 to settle^G4868 accounts^G3056 with his slaves^G1401.

Mat 18:24

Mat 18:24“When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand [fn]talents was brought to him.

Mat 18:25

Mat 18:25“But since he [fn]did 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.

Mat 18:26

Mat 18:26“Therefore, the slave fell to the ground and was prostrating himself before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’

Mat 18:27

Mat 18:27“And feeling compassion, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the [fn]debt.

Mat 18:28

Mat 18:28“But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred [fn]denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe.’

Mat 18:29