Beginning

18 ¶ At the same time the disciples came unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?

² And Jesus called a little child unto him and set him in the midst of them

³ and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

⁴ Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens.

⁵ And whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name receives me.

⁶ But whosoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to fall, it would be better for him that a millstone such as is turned by an ass be hanged about his neck and that he be sunk in the depth of the sea.

⁷ ¶ Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

⁸ Therefore if thy hand or thy foot cause thee to fall, cut them off and cast them from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.

⁹ And if thine eye causes thee to fall, pluck it out and cast it from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

¹⁰ Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in the heavens their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens.

¹¹ For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

¹² What do you think? If a man had a hundred sheep and one of them went astray, would he not leave the ninety-nine and go into the mountains and seek that which is gone astray?

¹³ And if so be that he finds it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more of that one than of the ninety-nine who did not go astray.

¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should perish.

¹⁵ ¶ Therefore if thy brother shall sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

¹⁶ But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

¹⁷ And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the congregation; {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} but if he neglects to hear the congregation, {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} let him be unto thee as a worldly man and a publican.

¹⁸ Verily I say unto you, Whatever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in the heaven; and whatever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in the heaven.

¹⁹ Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in the heavens.

²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

²¹ ¶ Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?

²² Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times, but, Until seventy times seven.

²³ Therefore is the kingdom of the heavens likened unto a man who is king who would take account of his slaves.

²⁴ And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him who owed him ten thousand talents.

²⁵ But he not having wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, to make payment.

²⁶ The slave therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

²⁷ Then the lord of that slave was moved with compassion and loosed him and forgave him the debt.

²⁸ But as the same slave was leaving, he found one of his fellowslaves who owed him a hundred denarius, and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what thou owest.

²⁹ And his fellowslave fell down at his feet and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

³⁰ And he would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt.

³¹ So when his fellowslaves saw what was done, they were very grieved and came and declared unto their lord all that was done.

³² Then his lord, after he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked slave, I forgave thee all that debt because thou didst beseech me;

³³ was it not also expedient unto thee to have mercy on thy fellowslave even as I had mercy on thee?

³⁴ And his lord was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due unto him.

³⁵ So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you unless from your hearts ye forgive every one his brother their trespasses.

19 ¶ And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judaea beyond the Jordan;

² and a great multitude followed him, and he healed them there.

³ ¶ Then the Pharisees came unto him, tempting him and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for any cause?

⁴ And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female?

⁵ And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.

⁶ Therefore they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

⁷ They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a bill of divorce and to put her away?

⁸ He said unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

⁹ And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication and shall marry another, commits adultery, and whosoever marries her that is put away commits adultery.

¹⁰ His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

¹¹ But he said unto them, Everyone cannot receive this word, except those unto whom it is given.

¹² For there are some eunuchs who were so born from their mother’s womb; and there are some eunuchs who were made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

¹³ ¶ Then were there brought unto him little children that he should put his hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them.

¹⁴ But Jesus said, Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of the heavens.

¹⁵ And he laid his hands on them and departed from there.

¹⁶ ¶ And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?

¹⁷ And he said unto him, Why dost thou call me good? There is none good but one, that is, God, but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

¹⁸ He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt not murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

¹⁹ Honour thy father and thy mother, and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

²⁰ The young man said unto him, All these things I have kept from my youth up; what do I lack?

²¹ Jesus said unto him, If thou desire to be perfect, go and sell what thou hast and give it to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me.

²² But when the young man heard that word, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

²³ ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is difficult that a rich man shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

²⁴ And again I say unto you, It is easier to put a cable through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁵ But his disciples hearing these things were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

²⁶ But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

²⁷ Then Peter answered and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

²⁸ And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁹ And every one that has forsaken houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my name’s sake shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit eternal life.

³⁰ But many that are first shall be last, and many of the last shall be first.