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Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 18

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Chapter 18 of Matthew—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ In that hour the disciples came near to Jesus and said: “Who really is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?”1
  2. So, calling a young child to him, he set it in their midst2
  3. and said: “Truly I say to YOU, Unless YOU turn around and become as young children,3 YOU will by no means enter into the kingdom of the heavens.4
  4. Therefore, whoever will humble5 himself like this young child is the one that is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens;6
  5. and whoever receives one such young child on the basis of my name receives me [also].7
  6. But whoever stumbles one of these little ones who put faith in me, it is more beneficial for him to have hung around his neck a millstone8 such as is turned by an ass and to be sunk in the wide, open sea.9
  7. ¶ “Woe to the world due to the stumbling blocks! Of course, the stumbling blocks must of necessity come,10 but woe to the man through whom the stumbling block11 comes!
  8. If, then, your hand or your foot is making you stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you;12 it is finer for you to enter into life maimed or lame than to be thrown with two hands or two feet into the everlasting fire.13
  9. Also, if your eye is making you stumble, tear it out and throw it away from you; it is finer for you to enter one-eyed into life than to be thrown with two eyes into the fiery Ge·henʹna.[a]14
  10. See to it that YOU men do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell YOU that their angels15 in heaven always behold the face of my Father[b] who is in heaven.16
  11. [c] ——
  12. ¶ “What do YOU think? If a certain man comes to have a hundred sheep and one of them gets strayed,17 will he not leave the ninety-nine upon the mountains and set out on a search for the one that is straying?18
  13. And if he happens to find it, I certainly tell YOU, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that have not strayed.19
  14. Likewise it is not a desirable thing with my Father who is in heaven for one of these little ones to perish.20
  15. ¶ “Moreover, if your brother commits a sin, go lay bare his fault[d] between you and him alone.21 If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.22
  16. But if he does not listen, take along with you one or two more, in order that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every matter[e] may be established.[f]23
  17. If he does not listen[g] to them, speak to the congregation.[h] If he does not listen even to the congregation, let him be to you just as a man of the nations24 and as a tax collector.25
  18. ¶ “Truly I say to YOU men, Whatever things YOU may bind on earth will be things bound[i] in heaven, and whatever things YOU may loose on earth will be things loosed[j] in heaven.26
  19. Again I truly say to YOU, If two of YOU on earth agree concerning anything of importance that they should request, it will take place for them due to my Father in heaven.27
  20. For where there are two or three gathered together in my name,28 there I am in their midst.”29
  21. ¶ Then Peter came up and said to him: “Lord, how many times is my brother to sin against me and am I to forgive him?30 Up to seven times?”31
  22. Jesus said to him: “I say to you, not, Up to seven times, but, Up to seventy-seven times.[k]32
  23. ¶ “That is why the kingdom of the heavens has become like a man, a king,33 that wanted to settle accounts34 with his slaves.
  24. When he started to settle them, there was brought in a man who owed him ten thousand talents [=60,000,000 de·narʹi·i].[l]
  25. But because he did not have the means to pay [it] back, his master ordered him and his wife and his children and all the things he had to be sold and payment to be made.35
  26. Therefore the slave fell down and began to do obeisance to him, saying, ‘Be patient with me and I will pay back everything to you.’
  27. Moved to pity at this, the master of that slave let him off36 and canceled his debt.[m]37
  28. But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves that was owing him a hundred de·narʹi·i;[n]38 and, grabbing him, he began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back whatever you owe.’
  29. Therefore his fellow slave fell down and began to entreat him, saying, ‘Be patient39 with me and I will pay you back.’
  30. However, he was not willing, but went off and had him thrown into prison until he should pay back what was owing.
  31. When, therefore, his fellow slaves saw the things that had happened, they became very much grieved, and they went and made clear to their master all the things that had happened.40
  32. Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘Wicked slave, I canceled all that debt for you,[o] when you entreated me.
  33. Ought you not, in turn, to have had mercy41 on your fellow slave, as I also had mercy42 on you?’
  34. With that his master, provoked to wrath,43 delivered him to the jailers,[p] until he should pay back all that was owing.
  35. In like manner44 my heavenly Father will also deal with YOU if YOU do not forgive each one his brother from YOUR hearts.”45

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ See App 4C.
  2. ^ Or, “always have access to my Father.”
  3. ^ אBSys omit; DWVgSyc,pArm, “For the Son of man came to save what was lost.”
  4. ^ Lit., “reprove him.”
  5. ^ Or, “everything said.”
  6. ^ Lit., “might stand.”
  7. ^ Lit., “he should refuse to hear.”
  8. ^ Or, “to the ecclesia (assembly).” Gr., tei ek·kle·siʹai; J17(Heb.), ʼel-haq·qa·halʹ.
  9. ^ Or, “things already bound,” the perfect passive participle.
  10. ^ Or, “things already loosed,” the perfect passive participle.
  11. ^ “Seventy-seven times,” in agreement with Ge 4:24. Lit., “seventy times seven.”
  12. ^ One talent of silver equaled 6,000 denarii. See App 8A.
  13. ^ Or, “forgave him the debt.”
  14. ^ See App 8A.
  15. ^ Or, “I forgave you all that debt.”
  16. ^ Or, “to the tormentors.” Gr., tois ba·sa·ni·staisʹ; Lat., tor·toʹri·bus.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mr 9:34; Lu 9:46; 22:24
  2. ^ Mr 9:36
  3. ^ Mt 19:14; 1Co 14:20; 1Pe 2:2
  4. ^ Lu 18:17
  5. ^ Mt 20:26; 23:12; Lu 14:11; 22:26; Jm 4:10
  6. ^ Pr 15:33; Lu 9:48; 1Pe 5:5
  7. ^ Mr 9:37
  8. ^ Re 18:21
  9. ^ Mr 9:42; Lu 17:2
  10. ^ Mt 26:24
  11. ^ Lu 17:1
  12. ^ Mt 5:29; Mr 9:43; Col 3:5
  13. ^ Mt 25:41
  14. ^ Mt 5:22, 29; Mr 9:47; Ro 8:13
  15. ^ Ac 12:15; Heb 1:14
  16. ^ Lu 1:19
  17. ^ 1Pe 2:25
  18. ^ Lu 15:4
  19. ^ Lu 15:6
  20. ^ Lu 15:7; 2Pe 3:9
  21. ^ Le 19:17; Pr 25:9; Lu 17:3
  22. ^ Jm 5:20
  23. ^ De 19:15; Jn 8:17; 2Co 13:1; 1Ti 5:19; Heb 10:28
  24. ^ Jn 18:28; Ac 10:28; 11:3
  25. ^ Ro 16:17; 1Co 5:11
  26. ^ Mt 16:19; Jn 20:23
  27. ^ Mr 11:24; Jn 14:13; 16:24; 1Jo 3:22; 5:14
  28. ^ 1Co 5:4
  29. ^ Mt 28:20
  30. ^ Pr 19:11
  31. ^ Mt 6:12
  32. ^ Mr 11:25; Lu 17:4; Eph 4:32; Col 3:13
  33. ^ Mt 22:2
  34. ^ Ro 14:12
  35. ^ Ex 21:7; Le 25:39; 2Ki 4:1; Ne 5:8
  36. ^ Lu 7:42
  37. ^ 1Jo 1:9
  38. ^ Lu 7:41
  39. ^ Mt 18:26
  40. ^ Le 5:1
  41. ^ Mt 6:12; 7:12; Jm 2:13
  42. ^ Is 55:7
  43. ^ Mt 22:7
  44. ^ Jb 34:11; Ps 62:12; Pr 24:12; Ro 2:6
  45. ^ Pr 21:13; Mt 6:14; Mr 11:25; Lu 17:3; Eph 4:32

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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