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The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven
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At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" SCode Mt 18:1~5 Mt 20:20~28 Mt 17:24 Mk 9:33~37 Lk 9:46~48
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He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them.
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And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. SCode Psa 131:2 Mt 19:14 Mt 5:19~20 Mk 10:15 Lk 18:17 Lk 22:32 1Cor 14:20 1Pet 2:2
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Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. SCode Mt 18:3 Mt 23:11~12 Mt 20:27
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And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. SCode Mt 10:40 Mt 10:42
Causing to Stumble
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"If anyone causes one of these little ones - those who believe in me - to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. SCode Mk 9:42~48 1Cor 8:12
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Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come! SCode Mt 26:24 Mt 13:41 Lk 17:1~3 1Cor 11:19
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If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. SCode Mt 5:29~30 Mt 25:41
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And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell. SCode Mt 18:8
The Parable of the Wandering Sheep
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"See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. SCode Est 1:14 Psa 34:7 Psa 91:11 Mt 6:29 Mt 25:40 Mt 25:45 Lk 15:7 Lk 15:10 Lk 1:19 Act 12:15 Heb 1:14 Rev 8:2
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"What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? SCode Mt 18:12~14 Mt 17:25 Mt 21:28 Lk 15:4~7
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And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
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In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish. SCode Jn 17:12 Jn 10:28 Jn 6:39
Dealing With Sin in the Church
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"If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. SCode Lev 19:17 1Cor 9:19~22 Tit 3:10 Jas 5:19 1Pet 3:1
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But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ’every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ SCode Num 35:30 Deu 19:15 Jn 8:17 2Cor 13:1 1Tim 5:19 Heb 10:28
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If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector. SCode Mt 5:46~47 Rom 16:17 1Cor 6:1~6 1Cor 5:4~5 1Cor 5:9~13 2Th 3:6 2Th 3:14~15 2Jn 1:10
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"Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. SCode Mt 16:19 Jn 20:23
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"Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. SCode Mt 7:7 Act 12:5 Act 12:12 Phm 1:22
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For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them." SCode Mt 28:20 Jn 20:20 Jn 12:26 Jn 20:26 Act 4:30~31 1Cor 5:4
The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
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Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?" SCode Mt 18:15 Lk 17:3~4 Col 3:13
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Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
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"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. SCode Mt 25:19
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As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. SCode Est 3:9 Mt 25:15
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Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. SCode Exo 21:2 Lev 25:39 2Ki 4:1 Neh 5:5
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"At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ’Be patient with me,’ he begged, ’and I will pay back everything.’ SCode Mt 8:2 Act 10:25
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The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. SCode Mt 18:25
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"But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ’Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded. SCode Mt 20:2 Mt 22:19 Mk 14:5 Mk 6:37 Lk 10:35 Lk 7:41~42 Jn 6:7
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"His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ’Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’
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"But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.
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When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.
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"Then the master called the servant in. ’You wicked servant,’ he said, ’I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.
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Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ SCode Mt 6:12 Eph 4:32 Col 3:13 1Jn 4:11
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In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. SCode Mt 5:25~26 Mt 18:30 Jas 2:13
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"This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart." SCode Pro 21:13 Mt 6:15 Rom 6:17 1Pet 1:22
NIV Footnotes
  1. 18:11 Some manuscripts include here the words of Luke 19:10.
  2. 18:15 Some manuscripts sins against you
  3. 18:16 Deut. 19:15
  4. 18:18 Or will have been
  5. 18:22 Or seventy times seven
  6. 18:24 Greek ten thousand talents; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer’s wages.
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