1 At that time came the disciples to Jesus, saying,
Who is to be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2 And Jesus calling to Him a little child, set it in the
midst of them,
3 and said, Verily I declare unto you,
unless ye be converted, and become like little children,
ye shall note never enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little
child, he note shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven:
5
and whoever shall receive one such little child note for my
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sake, receiveth me:
6 but whosoever shall note lay a stumbling-block
in the way of one of these little ones, who
believe in me, it were better for him that a milstone
were hung on his neck, and that he were note thrown into
note the sea.
7 Wo will be to the world from such offenses;
for it is of necessity that offenses come: but wo to that
man by whom the offense cometh.
8 If then thy hand or
thy foot cause thee to offend, cut them off and cast them
from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life halt or
maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast
into everlasting fire:
9 and if thine eye cause thee to
offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee; it is better
for thee to enter into life with but one eye, than having
two eyes to be cast into hell-fire.
10 See that ye despise
not one of these little ones; for I tell you, that their
angels in heaven do continually note appear in the presence
of my father, who is in heaven:
11 for the Son of man
came from thence to save that which was lost.
12 What
think ye? if any man had an hundred sheep, and one
of them should go astray, would he not leave the ninety
and nine, and go upon the hills, and seek that which
is gone astray?
13 And if note he find it, verily I say unto
you, note he rejoiceth more on account of that, than of
the ninety nine which went not astray.
14 Even so it is
not the will of your note heavenly Father, that any one of
these little ones should note be lost.
15 And if thy brother trespass against thee, go and expostulate
with him note alone; if he hearken to thee, thou
hast gained thy brother:
16 but if he regard thee not, take
with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two
or three witnesses every word may be established.
17 And
if he disregard them, tell it to the church: but if he
disregard the church too, let him be unto thee as an
heathen and a publican.
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.
19 And I tell you note moreover, that if but two
of you shall agree on earth concerning any thing which
they would ask for, it shall be note granted them by my
Father who is in heaven:
20 for where two or three are
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assembled together in my name, there am I in the
midst of them.
21 Then Peter came to Him and said, Lord, how often
shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him?
to seven times?
22 Jesus note answereth him, I tell thee not,
to seven times, but to seventy times seven.
23 And therefore
the note gospel-kingdom is like unto a king, who had
a mind to settle accounts with his servants:
24 and when
he began to reckon, there was brought to him one,
who was debtor note in ten thousand talents:
25 and note not
having it to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold,
and his wife and children and all that he had; and
payment to be made.
26 The servant therefore fell
prostrate before him, saying, Lord, bear with me a
while, and I will pay thee all:
27 and note his lord had compassion
on him, and discharged him, and forgave him
the debt.
28 But that same servant, as he was going out,
met with one of his fellow-servants, who owed him
but an hundred pence; and he laid hold on him and
seized him by the throat, saying, Pay me what thou
owest me:
29 note and his fellow-servant fell down at his
feet, and intreated him, saying, Bear with me a while,
and I will pay thee all.
30 And he would not: but went
away and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.
31 Now when his fellow-servants saw what was done,
they were very much grieved, and came and acquainted
their lord with all that had passed.
32 Then his lord
called for him again, and said to him, Thou wicked
slave, I forgave thee all that vast debt note at thy request,
33 and oughtest not thou to have had compassion on thy
fellow-servant, even as I had on thee?
34 And his lord
being note highly provoked delivered him to the note officers,
till he should pay all that was owing to him.
35 Thus
will my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye forgive
not every one his brother from your hearts their
trespasses.
Worsley [1770], THE NEW TESTAMENT OR NEW COVENANT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated from the Greek ACCORDING TO The Present Idiom of the English Tongue. With NOTES and REFERENCES interspersed, as occasion required, to confirm and illustrate the more literal or various Renderings given at the bottom of each page; by which even they, who do not understand the Original, may often judge for themselves of the justness and propriety of the Translation. By the late Mr. JOHN WORSLEY, of Hertford (Printed by R. Hett, LONDON) [word count] [B18100].
