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Matthew 18

The Message Bible MSG

1 At about the same time, the disciples came to Jesus asking, "Who gets the highest rank in God's kingdom?"

2 For an answer Jesus called over a child, whom he stood in the middle of the room,

3 and said, "I'm telling you, once and for all, that unless you return to square one and start over like children, you're not even going to get a look at the kingdom, let alone get in.

4 Whoever becomes simple and elemental again, like this child, will rank high in God's kingdom.

5 What's more, when you receive the childlike on my account, it's the same as receiving me.

6 "But if you give them a hard time, bullying or taking advantage of their simple trust, you'll soon wish you hadn't. You'd be better off dropped in the middle of the lake with a millstone around your neck.

7 Doom to the world for giving these God-believing children a hard time! Hard times are inevitable, but you don't have to make it worse - and it's doomsday to you if you do.

8 "If your hand or your foot gets in the way of God, chop it off and throw it away. You're better off maimed or lame and alive than the proud owners of two hands and two feet, godless in a furnace of eternal fire.

9 And if your eye distracts you from God, pull it out and throw it away. You're better off one-eyed and alive than exercising your twenty-twenty vision from inside the fire of hell.

10 "Watch that you don't treat a single one of these childlike believers arrogantly. You realize, don't you, that their personal angels are constantly in touch with my Father in heaven?

12 "Look at it this way. If someone has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders off, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine and go after the one?

13 And if he finds it, doesn't he make far more over it than over the ninety-nine who stay put?

14 Your Father in heaven feels the same way. He doesn't want to lose even one of these simple believers.

15 "If a fellow believer hurts you, go and tell him - work it out between the two of you. If he listens, you've made a friend.

16 If he won't listen, take one or two others along so that the presence of witnesses will keep things honest, and try again.

17 If he still won't listen, tell the church. If he won't listen to the church, you'll have to start over from scratch, confront him with the need for repentance, and offer again God's forgiving love.

18 "Take this most seriously: A yes on earth is yes in heaven; a no on earth is no in heaven. What you say to one another is eternal. I mean this.

19 When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action.

20 And when two or three of you are together because of me, you can be sure that I'll be there."

21 At that point Peter got up the nerve to ask, "Master, how many times do I forgive a brother or sister who hurts me? Seven?"

22 Jesus replied, "Seven! Hardly. Try seventy times seven.

23 "The kingdom of God is like a king who decided to square accounts with his servants.

24 As he got under way, one servant was brought before him who had run up a debt of a hundred thousand dollars.

25 He couldn't pay up, so the king ordered the man, along with his wife, children, and goods, to be auctioned off at the slave market.

26 "The poor wretch threw himself at the king's feet and begged, 'Give me a chance and I'll pay it all back.'

27 Touched by his plea, the king let him off, erasing the debt.

28 "The servant was no sooner out of the room when he came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him ten dollars. He seized him by the throat and demanded, 'Pay up. Now!'

29 "The poor wretch threw himself down and begged, 'Give me a chance and I'll pay it all back.'

30 But he wouldn't do it. He had him arrested and put in jail until the debt was paid.

31 When the other servants saw this going on, they were outraged and brought a detailed report to the king.

32 "The king summoned the man and said, 'You evil servant! I forgave your entire debt when you begged me for mercy.

33 Shouldn't you be compelled to be merciful to your fellow servant who asked for mercy?'

34 The king was furious and put the screws to the man until he paid back his entire debt.

35 And that's exactly what my Father in heaven is going to do to each one of you who doesn't forgive unconditionally anyone who asks for mercy."

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 in illa hora accesserunt discipuli ad Iesum dicentes quis putas maior est in regno caelorum

2 et advocans Iesus parvulum statuit eum in medio eorum

3 et dixit amen dico vobis nisi conversi fueritis et efficiamini sicut parvuli non intrabitis in regnum caelorum

4 quicumque ergo humiliaverit se sicut parvulus iste hic est maior in regno caelorum

5 et qui susceperit unum parvulum talem in nomine meo me suscipit

6 qui autem scandalizaverit unum de pusillis istis qui in me credunt expedit ei ut suspendatur mola asinaria in collo eius et demergatur in profundum maris

7 vae mundo ab scandalis necesse est enim ut veniant scandala verumtamen vae homini per quem scandalum venit

8 si autem manus tua vel pes tuus scandalizat te abscide eum et proice abs te bonum tibi est ad vitam ingredi debilem vel clodum quam duas manus vel duos pedes habentem mitti in ignem aeternum

9 et si oculus tuus scandalizat te erue eum et proice abs te bonum tibi est unoculum in vitam intrare quam duos oculos habentem mitti in gehennam ignis

10 videte ne contemnatis unum ex his pusillis dico enim vobis quia angeli eorum in caelis semper vident faciem Patris mei qui in caelis est

12 quid vobis videtur si fuerint alicui centum oves et erraverit una ex eis nonne relinquet nonaginta novem in montibus et vadit quaerere eam quae erravit

13 et si contigerit ut inveniat eam amen dico vobis quia gaudebit super eam magis quam super nonaginta novem quae non erraverunt

14 sic non est voluntas ante Patrem vestrum qui in caelis est ut pereat unus de pusillis istis

15 si autem peccaverit in te frater tuus vade et corripe eum inter te et ipsum solum si te audierit lucratus es fratrem tuum

16 si autem non te audierit adhibe tecum adhuc unum vel duos ut in ore duorum testium vel trium stet omne verbum

17 quod si non audierit eos dic ecclesiae si autem et ecclesiam non audierit sit tibi sicut ethnicus et publicanus

18 amen dico vobis quaecumque alligaveritis super terram erunt ligata et in caelo et quaecumque solveritis super terram erunt soluta et in caelo

19 iterum dico vobis quia si duo ex vobis consenserint super terram de omni re quacumque petierint fiet illis a Patre meo qui in caelis est

20 ubi enim sunt duo vel tres congregati in nomine meo ibi sum in medio eorum

21 tunc accedens Petrus ad eum dixit Domine quotiens peccabit in me frater meus et dimittam ei usque septies

22 dicit illi Iesus non dico tibi usque septies sed usque septuagies septies

23 ideo adsimilatum est regnum caelorum homini regi qui voluit rationem ponere cum servis suis

24 et cum coepisset rationem ponere oblatus est ei unus qui debebat decem milia talenta

25 cum autem non haberet unde redderet iussit eum dominus venundari et uxorem eius et filios et omnia quae habebat et reddi

26 procidens autem servus ille orabat eum dicens patientiam habe in me et omnia reddam tibi

27 misertus autem dominus servi illius dimisit eum et debitum dimisit ei

28 egressus autem servus ille invenit unum de conservis suis qui debebat ei centum denarios et tenens suffocabat eum dicens redde quod debes

29 et procidens conservus eius rogabat eum dicens patientiam habe in me et omnia reddam tibi

30 ille autem noluit sed abiit et misit eum in carcerem donec redderet debitum

31 videntes autem conservi eius quae fiebant contristati sunt valde et venerunt et narraverunt domino suo omnia quae facta erant

32 tunc vocavit illum dominus suus et ait illi serve nequam omne debitum dimisi tibi quoniam rogasti me

33 non ergo oportuit et te misereri conservi tui sicut et ego tui misertus sum

34 et iratus dominus eius tradidit eum tortoribus quoadusque redderet universum debitum

35 sic et Pater meus caelestis faciet vobis si non remiseritis unusquisque fratri suo de cordibus vestris