Matthew 18
1 About that time we disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who [among us will be] the most important when God [MTY/EUP] [makes you] king?”
in/on/among that the/this/who hour to come near/agree the/this/who disciple the/this/who Jesus to say which? therefore great to be in/on/among the/this/who kingdom the/this/who heaven
2 Jesus called a child to come, and he placed that child in our midst.
and to call to/summon (the/this/who Jesus *k*) child to stand it/s/he in/on/among midst it/s/he
3 He said, “Think about this: If you [(pl)] do not change [the way you(pl) think] and become [as humble] as little children, you [(pl)] will surely not go to the place where God [MTY/EUP] rules.
and to say amen to say you if not to turn and to be as/when the/this/who child no not to enter toward the/this/who kingdom the/this/who heaven
4 The people who become as humble as this child [or any child] is, will be the most important people among those over whom God rules.
who/which therefore/then (to humble *N(k)O*) themself as/when the/this/who child this/he/she/it this/he/she/it to be the/this/who great in/on/among the/this/who kingdom the/this/who heaven
5 Also, when those who, [because they love] me, welcome [a] child like this one, [God considers] that they are welcoming me.”
and which (if *NK(o)*) to receive one child (such as this *N(k)O*) upon/to/against the/this/who name me I/we to receive
6 “If you cause someone who believes in me to sin, [even if it is someone who is socially unimportant like] this little child, [God will severely punish you]. If a heavy stone were fastened around your neck and you were thrown into the deep waters of the sea, [people would consider that you had been severely punished. But God will punish] you more severely [than that if you cause someone to sin]
which then if to cause to stumble one the/this/who small this/he/she/it the/this/who to trust (in) toward I/we be profitable it/s/he in order that/to to hang millstone huge millstone (about *N(k)(o)*) the/this/who neck it/s/he and to sink in/on/among the/this/who sea the/this/who sea
7 It will be terrible for those [MTY] who cause others to stop believing in me. [God will punish them eternally]. It is inevitable that there will be [those who] cause others to stop believing in me. But it will be horrible for everyone who does that.
woe! the/this/who world away from the/this/who stumbling block necessity for (to be *ko*) to come/go the/this/who stumbling block but/however woe! the/this/who a human (that *k*) through/because of which the/this/who stumbling block to come/go
8 So, if you [are wanting to use] one of your hands or feet to sin, [stop using that hand or foot! Even if you have to] cut it off [to avoid sinning, do it] [MET]! It is good [that you not sin and] go where you will live [with God eternally, even though while you are still here on earth] you are maimed or lame and do not have a hand or a foot. But it is not good that you continue to have your two hands and two feet [and do] [MTY] [the sinful things you want to, and as a result], you are thrown into [hell], where there is eternal fire burning. (aiōnios g166, questioned)
if then the/this/who hand you or the/this/who foot you to cause to stumble you to prevent (it/s/he *N(K)O*) and to throw: throw away from you good you to be to enter toward the/this/who life crippled or lame or two hand or two foot to have/be to throw: throw toward the/this/who fire the/this/who eternal (aiōnios g166)
9 If what you see you [makes you want] to sin, [stop looking at those things! Even if you have to] gouge out one of your eyes and throw it away [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good [that you not sin and] go where you will live [with God eternally, even though while you are still here on earth] you have only one eye. But it is not good that you continue to have your two eyes [and do the sinful things you want to, and as a result], you are thrown {God throws you} into hell where there is eternal fire burning.” (Geenna g1067)
and if the/this/who eye you to cause to stumble you to take out/select it/s/he and to throw: throw away from you good you to be one-eyed toward the/this/who life to enter or two eye to have/be to throw: throw toward the/this/who hell: Gehenna the/this/who fire (Geenna g1067)
10 “Make an effort that you [(pl)] do not despise [even] one of these children. I tell you [(pl)] truly that [since] the angels [live] in heaven [in the presence of] my Father, [they will report to him if you mistreat the children].
to see: see not to despise one the/this/who small this/he/she/it to say for you that/since: that the/this/who angel it/s/he in/on/among heaven through/because of all to see the/this/who face the/this/who father me the/this/who in/on/among heaven
(to come/go *KO*) (for the/this/who son the/this/who a human to save the/this/who to destroy *K*)
12 What do you [(pl)] think [you would do in the following situation]? If you had 100 sheep and one of them got lost, you would surely leave the 99 sheep [that are] on the hill and go and search for the lost one [RHQ], would you not?
which? you to think if to be one a human hundred sheep and to lead astray one out from it/s/he not! (to release: leave *N(k)O*) the/this/who ninety nine upon/to/against the/this/who mountain (and *no*) to travel to seek the/this/who to lead astray
13 If you found it, I affirm to you [(pl)] that you would rejoice very much. You would be happy that 99 sheep did not stray away, but you would rejoice even more [because you had found] the sheep that had strayed away.
and if to be to find/meet it/s/he amen to say you that/since: that to rejoice upon/to/against it/s/he more or upon/to/against the/this/who ninety nine the/this/who not to lead astray
14 In the same way [that shepherds do not want one of] their [sheep to stray away], so [God], your Father in heaven, does not want [even] one of these children to go to hell.” (questioned)
thus(-ly) no to be will/desire before the/this/who father (you *NK(O)*) the/this/who in/on/among heaven in order that/to to destroy (one *N(k)O*) the/this/who small this/he/she/it
15 “If a fellow believer sins [against you], go [to him], and when you two are alone, reprove him [for sinning against you]. If that person listens to you [and feels sorry that he has sinned against you], you will have restored [your friendship with] that person.
if then to sin toward you the/this/who brother you to go (and *k*) to rebuke it/s/he between/meanwhile you and it/s/he alone if you to hear to gain the/this/who brother you
16 If that person will not listen to you [nor feel sorry that he has sinned against you], go get one or two other people [who will listen to what you both have to say]. Have them go with you so that [what is written] {[Moses wrote]} [in the Scriptures might happen: ] ‘[When one person accuses another in some matter], it should be confirmed by [at least] two or three people {[at least] two or three people should confirm it} [before that person can be declared] guilty {[before they declare that person guilty]}.’
if then not to hear to take with/after you still one or two in order that/to upon/to/against mouth two witness or Three to stand all declaration
17 If the one who has sinned against you will not listen to them [or does not feel sorry that he has sinned against you], tell that to the congregation [so that they can rebuke him]. If that person will not listen to the congregation [or feel sorry that he has sinned against you, exclude him from being a member of your congregation, just like] you [would exclude] pagans, tax collectors, [and others who do not believe in God and sin greatly].
if then to ignore it/s/he to say the/this/who assembly if then and the/this/who assembly to ignore to be you just as the/this/who Gentile-like and the/this/who tax collector
18 Keep this in mind: Whatever you decide on earth [about punishing] or [not punishing a member of your congregation] is what has also been decided by [God] in heaven {what [God] in heaven has also decided}.
amen to say you just as/how much (if *NK(o)*) to bind upon/to/against the/this/who earth: planet to be to bind in/on/among (the/this/who *ko*) heaven and just as/how much if to loose upon/to/against the/this/who earth: planet to be to loose in/on/among (the/this/who *ko*) heaven
19 Also note this: If [at least] two of you [who live] here on earth agree together about something you ask [God] for [DOU], [God], my Father [who is] in heaven, will give you what you ask for.
again (amen *NO*) to say you that/since: that if two to agree with (out from *no*) you upon/to/against the/this/who earth: planet about all thing which if to ask to be it/s/he from/with/beside the/this/who father me the/this/who in/on/among heaven
20 [This is true], because wherever [at least] two or three of you assemble because you believe in me [MTY], I am [spiritually] present with you. I [will hear what you ask for and I will ask God to do it for you].”
whither for to be two or Three to assemble toward the/this/who I/we name there to be in/on/among midst it/s/he
21 Then Peter approached [Jesus] and said to him, “How many times must I forgive a fellow believer who [keeps on] sinning against me? [If he keeps asking me to forgive him, must I forgive him] as many as seven times?”
then to come near/agree the/this/who Peter to say it/s/he lord: God how often! to sin toward I/we the/this/who brother me and to release: forgive it/s/he until seven times
22 Jesus said to him, “I tell you [that the number of] times [you must forgive someone is] not just up to seven, but [you must] ([forgive him] 77 times/never stop forgiving him).
to say it/s/he the/this/who Jesus no to say you until seven times but until seventy times seven
23 [In order to illustrate] why [you should do this], I [will tell you a story in which] God [MTY/EUP], [who cares for] the people whose lives he rules over, is compared {I compare God, [who cares for] the people whose lives he rules over} to a king [and his officials]. That king told [some of his servants that he wanted] his officials to pay what they owed him.
through/because of this/he/she/it to liken the/this/who kingdom the/this/who heaven a human king which to will/desire to settle accounts word with/after the/this/who slave it/s/he
24 [So those officials were brought to the king to] settle [their accounts with him]. [One of the officials who were brought] owed the king several million dollars.
be first then it/s/he to settle accounts (to bring to *NK(o)*) it/s/he one debtor myriad talent
25 But because he did not have [enough money] to pay [what he owed], the king demanded that he, his wife, his children and all he possessed be sold [to someone else, and that the king] be repaid [with] {receive} [the money that was paid for them].
not to have/be then it/s/he to pay to order it/s/he the/this/who lord: master (it/s/he *k*) to sell and the/this/who woman: wife (it/s/he *ko*) and the/this/who child and all just as/how much (to have/be *N(k)O*) and to pay
26 Then that official, [knowing that he did not have the money to pay that huge debt], fell on his knees [in front of the king] and begged him saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you all of it, [eventually].’
to collapse therefore/then the/this/who slave to worship it/s/he to say (lord: master *ko*) to have patience upon/to/against (I/we *NK(o)*) and all to pay you
27 The king, [knowing that the official could never pay all that huge debt], felt sorry for him. So he canceled his debt and released him.
to pity then the/this/who lord: master the/this/who slave that to release: release it/s/he and the/this/who debt to release: forgive it/s/he
28 Then this official went to another one of the king’s officials who owed him a bit less than a year’s wages. He grabbed him [by the throat], started choking him, and said to him, ‘Pay back what you owe [me]!’
to go out then the/this/who slave that to find/meet one the/this/who fellow slave it/s/he which to owe it/s/he hundred denarius and to grasp/seize it/s/he to choke to say to pay (me *k*) (if *N(k)O*) one to owe
29 That official fell on his knees and begged him saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you all of it, [eventually].’
to collapse therefore/then the/this/who fellow slave it/s/he (toward the/this/who foot it/s/he *K*) to plead/comfort it/s/he to say to have patience upon/to/against (I/we *NK(o)*) and (all *K*) to pay you
30 But this official kept refusing [to cancel that small debt that the man owed him]. Instead, he [caused that official to be] put in prison [and to stay there] until he could pay back all the money that he owed him.
the/this/who then no to will/desire but to go away to throw: put it/s/he toward prison/watch: prison until (which *ko*) to pay the/this/who to owe
31 When the other officials [of the king] learned that this had happened, they felt very distressed. So they went to the king and reported in detail what had happened.
to perceive: see (therefore/then *N(k)O*) the/this/who fellow slave it/s/he the/this/who to be to grieve very and to come/go to explain the/this/who lord: master (themself *N(k)O*) all the/this/who to be
32 Then the king summoned the official [who had owed him several million dollars]. He said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I canceled that huge debt [that you owed me] because you begged me [to do so]
then to call to/summon it/s/he the/this/who lord: master it/s/he to say it/s/he slave evil/bad all the/this/who debt that to release: forgive you since to plead/comfort me
33 You should have been merciful [and canceled your fellow official’s debt], just like I was merciful to you [and canceled your debt] [RHQ]!’
no be necessary and you to have mercy the/this/who fellow slave you as/when I/we and you to have mercy
34 The king was very angry. He handed this official over to some jailers who would torture him severely until he paid all of the debt that he owed.”
and to anger the/this/who lord: master it/s/he to deliver it/s/he the/this/who torturer until which to pay all the/this/who to owe (it/s/he *ko*)
35 [Then Jesus continued by saying], “That is what my Father in heaven will do to you if you do not [feel merciful and] sincerely forgive a fellow believer [who sins against you].”
thus(-ly) and the/this/who father me the/this/who (heavenly *N(k)O*) to do/make: do you if not to release: forgive each the/this/who brother it/s/he away from the/this/who heart you (the/this/who trespass it/s/he *K*)
