Matthew 5:16
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16 Your light must shine before people in such a way that they may (A)see your good works, and (B)glorify your Father who is in heaven.
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Matthew 7:11
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11 So if you, despite being [a]evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, (A)how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
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- Matthew 7:11 I.e., as sinful mankind
Matthew 18:10-35
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10 “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones; for I say to you that (A)their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.[a]
Ninety-nine Plus One
12 “What do you think? (B)If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, and go and search for the one that is lost? 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 that have not gone astray. 14 So it is not the will [b]of your Father who is in heaven for one of these little ones to perish.
Discipline and Prayer
15 “Now (C)if your brother sins[c], go and [d]show him his fault [e]in private; if he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that (D)on the [f]testimony of two or three witnesses every [g]matter may be confirmed. 17 And if he refuses to listen to them, (E)tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, (F)he is to be to you as [h]a Gentile and [i]a tax collector. 18 Truly I say to you, (G)whatever you [j]bind on earth [k]shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you [l]loose on earth [m]shall have been loosed in heaven.
19 “Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, (H)it shall be done for them [n]by My Father who is in heaven. 20 For where two or three have gathered together in My name, (I)I am there in their midst.”
Forgiveness
21 Then Peter came up and said to Him, “Lord, (J)how many times shall my brother sin against me and I still forgive him? Up to (K)seven times?” 22 Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to [o](L)seventy-seven times.
23 “For this reason (M)the kingdom of heaven [p]is like a king who wanted to (N)settle accounts with his slaves. 24 And when he had begun to settle them, one who owed him [q]ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25 But since he [r](O)did not have the means to repay, his master commanded that he (P)be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment be made. 26 So the slave fell to the ground and (Q)prostrated himself before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’ 27 And the master of that slave felt compassion, and he released him and (R)forgave him the [s]debt. 28 But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred [t]denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe!’ 29 So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you.’ 30 But he was unwilling, [u]and went and threw him in prison until he would pay back what was owed. 31 So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their master all that had happened. 32 Then summoning him, his master *said to him, ‘You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. 33 (S)Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?’ 34 And his master, moved with anger, handed him over to the [v]torturers until he would repay all that was owed him. 35 (T)My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your [w]heart.”
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- Matthew 18:10 Late mss add (traditionally v 11): For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost
- Matthew 18:14 Lit before
- Matthew 18:15 Late mss add against you
- Matthew 18:15 Or correct
- Matthew 18:15 Lit between you and him alone
- Matthew 18:16 Lit mouth
- Matthew 18:16 Lit word
- Matthew 18:17 Lit the
- Matthew 18:17 Lit the
- Matthew 18:18 I.e., forbid
- Matthew 18:18 Gr fut. pft. pass. tense
- Matthew 18:18 I.e., permit
- Matthew 18:18 Gr fut. pft. pass. tense
- Matthew 18:19 Lit from
- Matthew 18:22 Or possibly seventy times seven
- Matthew 18:23 Lit has been compared to
- Matthew 18:24 By one estimate, a debt of 60 million working days for a laborer
- Matthew 18:25 Or was unable to
- Matthew 18:27 Or loan
- Matthew 18:28 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer
- Matthew 18:30 Lit but
- Matthew 18:34 I.e., jailors assigned to torture prisoners
- Matthew 18:35 Lit hearts
John 12:28
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28 (A)Father, glorify Your name.” Then a (B)voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
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James 1:17
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17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is (A)from above, coming down from (B)the Father of lights, (C)with whom there is no variation or [a]shifting shadow.
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- James 1:17 Lit shadow of turning
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