When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater
coin.{A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four
Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel:
just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two
people.} Take that, and give it to them for me and you."
018:001 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then
is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"
018:002 Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the
midst of them,
018:003 and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn,
and become as little children, you will in no way enter
into the Kingdom of Heaven.
018:004 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child,
the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
018:005 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
018:006 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me
to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone
should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk
in the depths of the sea.
018:007 "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling!
For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person
through whom the occasion comes!
018:008 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off,
and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life
maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet
to be cast into the eternal fire.
018:009 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast
it from you. It is better for you to enter into life
with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into
the Gehenna{or, Hell} of fire.
018:010 See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I
tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face
of my Father who is in heaven.
018:011 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
018:012 "What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep,
and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine,
go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
018:013 If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it
more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
018:014 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven
that one of these little ones should perish.
018:015 "If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault
between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have
gained back your brother.
018:016 But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you,
that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may
be established.{Deuteronomy 19:15}
018:017 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly.
If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you
as a Gentile or a tax collector.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account