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| Matthew 18 |
| | 18:1
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the
greatest in the kingdom of heaven? |
 (18:3) "Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall
not enter into the kingdom of heaven."
But Paul (1 Cor.13:11) said that we should "put away childish things." I guess poor Paul
didn't make it to heaven.
Is it good to be childish?
What must you do to be saved?
 (18:7) "Woe to the world because of offences!"
Jesus condemns the whole world.
 (18:8-9)
Jesus advises his followers to mutilate
themselves by cutting off their hands and plucking out their eyes. He says it's
better to be "maimed" than to suffer the "everlasting fire." of hell.
Does Hell exist?
What the Bible says about amputation and
torture
(18:8) "If thy hand or thy foot offend thee, 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 everlasting fire."
(18:9) "If thine eye offend thee, 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 hell fire."
(18:10) "Angels do always behold the face of my Father."
Can God be seen?
(18:15-17) Jehovah's Witnesses use these verses
(along with Dt.19:15 and 1 Tim.5:19)
to justify their refusal to report or investigate incidents of child molestation unless two or three
JWs have witnessed the event. If witnesses do not come forward (and they are discouraged from doing
so since it would embarrass the organization), then the victim is told to be quiet about it.
(18:15) "If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone:
if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother."
(18:16) "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."
(18:17) "And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church,
let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican."
 (18:19) "If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask,
it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven." If you can get two other believers to agree with you,
and the three of you ask God for something, he will give it to you.
 (18:21-22) Forgive those who repeatedly offend you.
(18:21) "Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?"
(18:22) "Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven."
"In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I'm
keeping a chart." Hillary Clinton
 (18:23-35)
In the parable of the unforgiving servant, the king threatens to enslave a man and his entire
family to pay for a debt. The servant begs for the king's mercy, and the king forgives his entire debt. But then the same servant found a fellow servant that
owed him some money, and he demanded payment. The servant begged for mercy but was thrown
in prison instead. Other servants heard about it, and they told the king, who had the unforgiving servant tortured.
The parable ends with this: "So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you."
If you are cruel to others, God will be cruel to you.
(18:23) "Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which
would take account of his servants."
(18:25) "But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had,
and payment to be made." (This is the king speaking, who is likened to "the kingdom of heaven" by Jesus.)
| | 18:2
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of
them,
| | 18:3
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall
not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
| | 18:4
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is
greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
| | 18:5
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
| | 18:6
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it
were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he
were drowned in the depth of the sea.
| | 18:7
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to
that man by whom the offence cometh!
| | 18:8
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, 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 everlasting fire.
| | 18:9
And if thine eye offend thee, 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
hell fire.
| | 18:10
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto
you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father
which is in heaven.
| | 18:11
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
| | 18:12
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone
astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains,
and seeketh that which is gone astray?
| | 18:13
And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of
that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
| | 18:14
Even so it is not the
will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should
perish.
| | 18:15
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his
fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained
thy brother.
| | 18:16
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.
| | 18:17
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he
neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a
publican.
| | 18:18
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
| | 18:19
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching
any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which
is in heaven.
| | 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the
midst of them.
| | 18:21
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin
against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
| | 18:22
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until
seventy times seven.
| | 18:23
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which
would take account of his servants.
| | 18:24
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him
ten thousand talents.
| | 18:25
But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and
his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
| | 18:26
The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have
patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
| | 18:27
Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him,
and forgave him the debt.
| | 18:28
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which
owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the
throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
| | 18:29
And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying,
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
| | 18:30
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay
the debt.
| | 18:31
So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and
came and told unto their lord all that was done.
| | 18:32
Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked
servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
| | 18:33
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as
I had pity on thee? |
(18:34) "And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him."
(18:35) "So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your
hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses."
What the Bible says about torture
| | 18:34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he
should pay all that was due unto him.
| | 18:35
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your
hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
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