1 U taj čas pristupiše k Isusu učenici govoreći: Ko je dakle najveći u carstvu nebeskom? 2 I dozva Isus dete, i postavi ga među njih, 3 i reče im: Zaista vam kažem, ako se ne povratite i ne budete kao deca, nećete ući u carstvo nebesko. 4 Koji se dakle ponizi kao dete ovo, onaj je najveći u carstvu nebeskom. 5 I koji primi takvo dete u ime moje, mene prima. 6 A koji sablazni jednog od ovih malih koji veruju mene, bolje bi mu bilo da se obesi kamen vodenični o vratu njegovom, i da potone u dubinu morsku. 7 Teško svetu od sablazni! Jer je potrebno da dođu sablazni; ali teško onom čoveku kroz koga dolazi sablazan. 8 Ako li te ruka tvoja ili noga tvoja sablažnjava, odseci je i baci od sebe: bolje ti je ući u život hrom ili kljast, nego li s dve ruke i dve noge da te bace u oganj večni. 9 I ako te oko tvoje sablažnjava, izvadi ga i baci od sebe: bolje ti je s jednim okom u život ući, nego s dva oka da te bace u pakao ognjeni. 10 Gledajte da ne prezrete jednog od malih ovih; jer vam kažem da anđeli njihovi na nebesima jednako gledaju lice Oca mog nebeskog. 11 Jer Sin čovečiji dođe da iznađe i spase izgubljeno. 12 Šta vam se čini? Kad ima jedan čovek sto ovaca pa zađe jedna od njih, ne ostavi li on devedeset i devet u planini, i ide da traži onu što je zašla? 13 I ako se dogodi da je nađe, zaista vam kažem da se njoj više raduje nego onima devedeset i devet što nisu zašle. 14 Tako nije volja Oca vašeg nebeskog da pogine jedan od ovih malih. 15 Ako li ti sagreši brat tvoj, idi i pokaraj ga među sobom i njim samim; ako te posluša, dobio si brata svog. 16 Ako li te ne posluša, uzmi sa sobom još jednog ili dvojicu da sve reči ostanu na ustima dva ili tri svedoka. 17 Ako li njih ne posluša, kaži crkvi; a ako li ne posluša ni crkvu, da ti bude kao neznabožac i carinik. 18 Jer vam kažem zaista: šta god svežete na zemlji biće svezano na nebu, i šta god razrešite na zemlji biće razrešeno na nebu. 19 Još vam kažem zaista: ako se dva od vas slože na zemlji u čemu mu drago, zašto se uzmole, daće im Otac moj koji je na nebesima. 20 Jer gde su dva ili tri sabrani u ime moje onde sam ja među njima. 21 Tada pristupi k Njemu Petar i reče: Gospode! Koliko puta ako mi sagreši brat moj da mu oprostim? Do sedam puta? 22 Reče njemu Isus: Ne velim ti do sedam puta, nego do sedam puta sedamdeset. 23 Zato je carstvo nebesko kao čovek car koji namisli da se proračuna sa svojim slugama. 24 I kad se poče računati, dovedoše mu jednog dužnika od deset hiljada talanata. 25 I budući da nemaše čim platiti, zapovedi gospodar njegov da ga prodadu, i ženu njegovu i decu, i sve što ima; i da mu se plati. 26 No sluga taj pade i klanjaše mu se govoreći: Gospodaru! Pričekaj me, i sve ću ti platiti. 27 A gospodaru se sažali za tim slugom, pusti ga i dug oprosti mu. 28 A kad iziđe sluga taj, nađe jednog od svojih drugara koji mu je dužan sto groša, i uhvativši ga davljaše ga govoreći: Daj mi šta si dužan. 29 Pade drugar njegov pred noge njegove i moljaše ga govoreći: Pričekaj me, i sve ću ti platiti. 30 A on ne hte, nego ga odvede i baci u tamnicu dok ne plati duga. 31 Videvši pak drugari njegovi taj događaj žao im bi vrlo, i otišavši kazaše gospodaru svom sav događaj. 32 Tada ga dozva gospodar njegov, i reče mu: Zli slugo! Sav dug ovaj oprostih tebi, jer si me molio. 33 Nije li trebalo da se i ti smiluješ na svog drugara, kao i ja na te što se smilovah? 34 I razgnevi se gospodar njegov, i predade ga mučiteljima dok ne plati sav dug svoj. 35 Tako će i Otac moj nebeski učiniti vama, ako ne oprostite svaki bratu svom od srca svojih.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Mark 9:33–37; Luke 9:46–48; Matthew 20:20–28; Luke 22:24–27; Philippians 2:3
- 2 Matthew 19:13–14; Mark 9:36–37; 1 Kings 3:7; Jeremiah 1:7
- 3 Mark 10:14–15; 1 Peter 2:2; Matthew 19:14; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Luke 18:16–17
- 4 James 4:10; Mark 10:43; Luke 14:11; Luke 9:48; Matthew 23:11–12
- 5 Matthew 25:40; John 13:20; Mark 9:37; Galatians 4:14; Luke 17:1–2
- 6 Mark 9:42; Luke 17:1–2; Matthew 18:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:6–9; Matthew 18:14
- 7 Luke 17:1; 1 Corinthians 11:19; Matthew 26:24; 1 Timothy 4:1–3; Jude 4
- 8 Matthew 5:29–30; Philippians 3:8–9; Romans 13:12; Luke 18:22–23; Ezekiel 18:31
- 9 Acts 14:22; Matthew 18:8; Revelation 21:27; Matthew 5:22; Matthew 5:29
- 10 Psalm 91:11; Psalm 34:7; Hebrews 1:14; Luke 16:22; Acts 12:7–11
- 12 Ezekiel 34:12; Luke 15:4–7; Ezekiel 34:16; Isaiah 53:6; Ezekiel 34:28
- 13 Luke 15:5–10; Zephaniah 3:17; Psalm 147:11; Luke 15:23–24; John 4:34–36
- 14 John 17:12; 2 Peter 3:9; John 6:39–40; John 10:27–30; Isaiah 40:11
- 15 Leviticus 19:17; Galatians 6:1; Luke 17:3–4; 2 Thessalonians 3:15; Colossians 3:13
- 16 Deuteronomy 19:15; 2 Corinthians 13:1; John 8:17; 1 Timothy 5:19; Hebrews 10:28
- 17 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 5:9–6:7; 2 Thessalonians 3:14–15; 1 Corinthians 5:3–5; 2 John 10–11
- 18 Matthew 16:19; 2 Corinthians 2:10; John 20:23; 1 Corinthians 5:4–5; Revelation 3:7–8
- 19 Matthew 7:7; 1 John 5:14–16; Mark 11:24; John 14:13–14; Philippians 1:19
- 20 1 Corinthians 5:4; Revelation 21:3; Matthew 28:20; Zechariah 2:5; John 20:26
- 21 Luke 17:3–4; Matthew 18:15
- 22 Colossians 3:13; Mark 11:25; Genesis 4:24; Ephesians 4:31–5:1; Matthew 6:14–15
- 23 Romans 14:12; Matthew 13:24; Matthew 3:2; Matthew 13:44–45; Matthew 13:47
- 24 Psalm 38:4; Psalm 130:3–4; Psalm 40:12; Luke 13:4; Luke 16:5
- 25 Nehemiah 5:5; 2 Kings 4:1; Luke 7:42; Leviticus 25:39; Nehemiah 5:8
- 26 Matthew 18:29; Luke 7:43; Matthew 8:2; Romans 10:3
- 27 Psalm 145:8; Psalm 86:15; Psalm 86:5; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 78:38
- 28 Ezekiel 45:9; Matthew 20:2; Deuteronomy 15:2; Isaiah 58:3; Nehemiah 5:10–11
- 29 Matthew 6:12; Matthew 18:26; Philemon 18–19
- 30 1 Kings 22:27; 1 Kings 21:27–29
- 31 Romans 12:15; Hebrews 13:3; Mark 3:5; Jeremiah 9:1; Hebrews 13:17
- 32 Romans 3:19; Luke 19:22; Matthew 25:26
- 33 Colossians 3:13; Ephesians 4:32–5:2; Matthew 6:12; Luke 6:35–36; Matthew 5:44–45
- 34 James 2:13; Matthew 5:25–26; Luke 12:58–59; 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9; Revelation 14:10–11
- 35 Matthew 6:14–15; James 2:13; Luke 6:37–38; Mark 11:25; Matthew 6:12
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The divine lessons, which we have just heard as they were being read, warn us to gather in a stock of virtues, to fortify a Christian heart, against the offences which were predicted to come, and this from the mercy of the Lord.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
"And if it must needs be that offenses come,'" (some one of our adversaries may perchance say), "why doth He lament over the world, when He ought rather to afford succor, and to stretch forth His hand in its behalf?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The diverse sounds (he adds) are those which give form to that Æon who is without material substance and unbegotten, and these, again, are the forms which the Lord has called angels, who continually behold the face of the Father.
Let them praise Thy Name,--those super-celestial people, Thine angels, who have no need to look up at this firmament, or by reading to attain the knowledge of Thy Word,--let them praise Thee. For they always behold Thy face, and therein read without any syllables in time what Thy eternal will willeth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
How then doth He say elsewhere, "Reprove, rebuke, exhort," and, "Them that sin rebuke before all?" And Christ too to Peter, "Go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone," and if he neglect to hear, add to thyself another also; and if not even so doth he yield, declare it to the church likewise?" And how hath …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)