Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 18

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Matthew 18 . 1 , Christ warns his disciples to be humble and harmless , Matthew 18 . 7 , to avoid offences , Matthew 18 . 10. and not to despise the little ones; Matthew 18 . 15 , teaches how we are to deal with our brethren when they offend us , Matthew 18 . 21. and how oft to forgive them; Matthew 18 . 23 , which he sets forth by a parable of the king that took account of his servants , Matthew 18 . 32. and punished him who shewed no mercy to his fellow.

Matthew 18:1

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

Matthew 18:1 · BSB

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Matthew 18:2

Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

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Matthew 18:3

“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:3 · BSB

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Matthew 18:4

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:4 · BSB

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Matthew 18:5

And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.

Matthew 18:5 · BSB

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Matthew 18:6

But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Matthew 18:6 · BSB

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that a This mode of punishment appears to have obtained in Syria as well as in Greece , especially in cases of parricide. That it was customary in Greece we learn from Suidas , in ץנוסגןכןם כיטןם , and the scholiast on the Equites of Aristophanes . פבם [Strong's G3752] , דבס [Strong's G1063] , ךבפונןםפשם [Strong's G2671] , פיםבע [Strong's G5099] , גבסןע [Strong's G922] , בנן [Strong's G575] , פשם פסבקחכשם [Strong's G5137] , וךסולשם [Strong's G2910]. "When a person was drowned , they hung a weight about his neck."

Matthew 18:7

Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

Matthew 18:7 · BSB

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Matthew 18:8

If 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 and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

Matthew 18:8 · BSB

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Matthew 18:9

And if your eye causes you to sin, 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.

Matthew 18:9 · BSB

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Matthew 18:10

See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

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Matthew 18:12

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

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Matthew 18:13

And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

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Matthew 18:14

In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

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Matthew 18:15

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

Matthew 18:15 · BSB

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Matthew 18:16

But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

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Matthew 18:17

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Matthew 18:17 · BSB

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Matthew 18:18

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.

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Matthew 18:19

Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

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Matthew 18:20

For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

Matthew 18:20 · BSB

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Matthew 18:21

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?"

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Matthew 18:22

Jesus answered, "I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

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Matthew 18:23

Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

Matthew 18:23 · BSB

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Matthew 18:24

As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.

Matthew 18:24 · BSB

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ץסישם [Strong's G3461] , פבכבםפשם [Strong's G5007] , a myriad of talents , the highest number known in Greek arithmetical notation. According to Prideaux , the Roman talent was equal to 216£; ten thousand of which would amount to 2 ,160 ,000£. If the Jewish talent of silver be designed , which is estimated by the same learned writer at 450£ , this sum amounts to 4 ,500 ,000£; but if the gold talent is meant , which is equal to 7 ,200£ , then the amount is 72 ,000 ,000£. This immense sum represents our boundless obligations to God , and our utter incapacity , as sinners infinitely indebted to Divine justice , of paying one mite out of the talent

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talents "A talent is 750 ounces of silver , which after five shillings the ounce is 187£. 10s."

Matthew 18:25

Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

Matthew 18:25 · BSB

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Matthew 18:26

Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’

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Matthew 18:27

His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.

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Matthew 18:28

But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’

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"The Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce , which after five shillings the ounce is sevenpence halfpenny."

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an hundred Rather , "a hundred denarii ," as our penny does not convey one seventh of the meaning. This would amount to about 3. 2s. 6d. English; which was not one six hundred thousandth part of the 10 ,000 talents , even calculating them as Roman talents.

Matthew 18:29

So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’

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Matthew 18:30

But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

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Matthew 18:31

When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.

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Matthew 18:32

Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

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Matthew 18:33

Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

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Matthew 18:34

In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

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Matthew 18:35

That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

Matthew 18:35 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web8 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Matthew 18:16 → Deuteronomy 19:15
Allusions Matthew 18:21-22 → Genesis 4:24
Trajectories
Lamech's Song (Vengeance vs Forgiveness), Year of Jubilee (Ultimate Redemption)
Chiasms
Shaped Matthew 18:01–04, Matthew 18:05–14, Matthew 18:15–21, Matthew 18:21–35
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