Matthew 18 (NET)

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Matthew 18:1¹At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 9:33-37 Luke 9:46-48 Matt 20:20-28 Luke 22:24-27 Phil 2:3 Mark 10:35-45 Matt 23:11 Mark 10:14-15 Rom 12:10 Matt 7:21

Matthew 18:2²He called a child, had him stand among them,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:13-14 1 Kgs 3:7 Mark 9:36-37 Jer 1:7

Matthew 18:3³and said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 10:14-15 1 Pet 2:2 Matt 19:14 1 Cor 14:20 Luke 18:16-17 Ps 131:2 John 3:5 John 3:3 Luke 13:24 Ps 51:10-13

Matthew 18:4⁴Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 4:10 Mark 10:43 Luke 14:11 Luke 9:48 Matt 23:11-12 1 Pet 5:5 Matt 20:26-27 Matt 18:1 Isa 57:15 Ps 131:1-2

Matthew 18:5⁵And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 25:40 John 13:20 Mark 9:37 Gal 4:14 Luke 17:1-2 Luke 9:48 Mark 9:41 Matt 10:40-42 Matt 25:45

Matthew 18:6⁶“But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 9:42 Luke 17:1-2 Matt 18:10 2 Thess 1:6-9 Matt 18:14 Rom 15:1-3 Ps 105:15 1 Cor 8:9-13 Rom 14:13-15 1 Cor 10:32-33

Matthew 18:7⁷Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 17:1 1 Cor 11:19 Matt 26:24 1 Tim 4:1-3 Jude 1:4 2 Tim 3:1-5 Jude 1:11-13 Rev 2:14-15 2 Pet 2:15-17 2 Thess 2:3-12

Matthew 18:8⁸If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 5:29-30 Phil 3:8-9 Luke 18:22-23 Rom 13:12 Ezek 18:31 Luke 14:26-27 Matt 25:46 Rev 14:10 Rev 20:15 Deut 13:6-8

Matthew 18:9⁹And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 14:22 Matt 18:8 Matt 5:22 Matt 5:29 Rev 21:27 Heb 4:11 Luke 9:24-25 Mark 9:47 Matt 16:26 Matt 19:17

Matthew 18:10¹⁰“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 91:11 Heb 1:14 Ps 34:7 Luke 16:22 2 Kgs 6:16-17 Acts 12:7-11 Matt 1:20 Matt 18:14 Matt 18:6 Gen 32:1-2

Matthew 18:12¹²What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 34:12 Luke 15:4-7 Ezek 34:16 Ezek 34:28 Isa 53:6 1 Pet 2:25 Ezek 34:6 Jer 50:6 John 10:11-21 Matt 12:11

Matthew 18:13¹³And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 15:5-10 Zeph 3:17 Ps 147:11 Jas 2:13 John 4:34-36 Luke 15:23-24 Mic 7:18 Isa 53:11 Isa 62:5 Jer 32:37-41

Matthew 18:14¹⁴In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 17:12 2 Pet 3:9 John 6:39-40 Isa 40:11 John 10:27-30 Zech 13:7 John 21:15 Luke 12:32 Matt 5:16 Matt 6:9

Matthew 18:15¹⁵“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 19:17 Gal 6:1 Luke 17:3-4 2 Thess 3:15 Col 3:13 Jas 5:19-20 Prov 25:9-10 Rom 12:21 Matt 18:35 Ps 141:5

Matthew 18:16¹⁶But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 19:15 2 Cor 13:1 John 8:17 1 Tim 5:19 Heb 10:28 Deut 17:6 Num 35:30 1 Kgs 21:13 1 John 5:7-8 Rev 11:3

Matthew 18:17¹⁷If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Thess 3:6 1 Cor 5:9-6:7 2 Thess 3:14-15 1 Cor 5:3-5 2 John 1:10-11 Eph 5:11-12 3 John 1:9-10 Eph 4:17-19 Ezek 11:12 Rom 16:17-18

Matthew 18:18¹⁸“I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:19 2 Cor 2:10 John 20:23 1 Cor 5:4-5 Rev 3:7-8 Acts 15:23-31

Matthew 18:19¹⁹Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 7:7 1 John 5:14-16 Mark 11:24 John 14:13-14 John 16:23 Phil 1:19 Jas 5:14-16 Matt 21:22 John 15:7 1 John 3:22

Matthew 18:20²⁰For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 5:4 Rev 21:3 Matt 28:20 Zech 2:5 John 20:26 John 20:19 Exod 20:24 Rev 2:1 Gen 49:10 Rev 1:11-13

Matthew 18:21²¹Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 17:3-4 Matt 18:15

Matthew 18:22²²Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Col 3:13 Mark 11:25 Eph 4:31-5:1 Matt 6:14-15 Gen 4:24 Eph 4:26 Rom 12:21 1 Tim 2:8 Isa 55:7 Matt 6:11-12

Matthew 18:23²³“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 13:24 Rom 14:12 Matt 3:2 Matt 13:44-45 Luke 16:1-2 Luke 19:12-27 Matt 13:47 1 Cor 4:5 2 Cor 5:10-11 Matt 13:31

Matthew 18:24²⁴As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed 10,000 talents was brought to him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 130:3-4 Ps 38:4 Ezra 9:6 Luke 13:4 Luke 16:5 Ps 40:12 1 Chr 29:7 Luke 16:7 Luke 7:41-42

Matthew 18:25²⁵Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 5:5 2 Kgs 4:1 Lev 25:39 Luke 7:42 Neh 5:8 Exod 21:2 Isa 50:1

Matthew 18:26²⁶Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 7:43 Matt 18:29 Matt 8:2 Rom 10:3

Matthew 18:27²⁷The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 145:8 Ps 86:15 Hos 11:8 Neh 9:17 Judg 10:16 Ps 78:38 Ps 86:5

Matthew 18:28²⁸After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him 100 silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 45:9 Matt 20:2 Deut 15:2 Isa 58:3 Neh 10:31 Neh 5:10-11 Neh 5:7

Matthew 18:29²⁹Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 18:26 Matt 6:12 Phlm 1:18-19

Matthew 18:30³⁰But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:27-29 1 Kgs 22:27

Matthew 18:31³¹When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 12:15 Heb 13:3 Mark 3:5 Gen 37:2 Heb 13:17 Jer 9:1 Luke 14:21 Luke 19:41 Ps 119:136 Ps 119:158

Matthew 18:32³²Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 19:22 Rom 3:19 Matt 25:26

Matthew 18:33³³Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Col 3:13 Eph 4:32-5:2 Matt 6:12 Luke 6:35-36 Matt 5:44-45

Matthew 18:34³⁴And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him until he repaid all he owed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 2:13 Matt 5:25-26 Luke 12:58-59 2 Thess 1:8-9 Matt 18:30 Rev 14:10-11

Matthew 18:35³⁵So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 6:14-15 Jas 2:13 Luke 6:37-38 Mark 11:25 Matt 6:12 Prov 21:2 Prov 21:13 Matt 7:1-2 Luke 16:15 Jas 3:14

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