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Matthew 18 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)

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  • Individual translator
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
  • NT: Textus Receptus (not verified)
  • Protestant (66 books)
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 1850
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Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
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1 Εν εκείνη τη ώρα ήλθον οι μαθηταί προς τον Ιησούν, λέγοντες· Τις άρα είναι μεγαλήτερος εν τη βασιλεία των ουρανών;
1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
1 Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ προσῆλθον οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ Ἰησοῦ λέγοντες· τίς ἄρα μείζων ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν;
2 Και προσκαλέσας ο Ιησούς παιδίον, έστησεν αυτό εν τω μέσω αυτών
2 Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them
2 καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ὁ Ἰησοῦς παιδίον ἔστησεν αὐτὸ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπεν·
3 και είπεν· Αληθώς σας λέγω, εάν δεν επιστρέψητε και γείνητε ως τα παιδία, δεν θέλετε εισέλθει εις την βασιλείαν των ουρανών.
3 and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
3 ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ στραφῆτε καὶ γένησθε ὡς τὰ παιδία, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.
4 Όστις λοιπόν ταπεινώση εαυτόν ως το παιδίον τούτο, ούτος είναι ο μεγαλήτερος εν τη βασιλεία των ουρανών.
4 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
4 ὅστις οὖν ταπεινώσει ἑαυτὸν ὡς τὸ παιδίον τοῦτο, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ μείζων ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν.
5 Και όστις δεχθή εν τοιούτον παιδίον εις το όνομά μου, εμέ δέχεται·
5 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
5 καὶ ὃς ἐὰν δέξηται παιδίον τοιοῦτον ἓν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐμὲ δέχεται·
6 όστις όμως σκανδαλίση ένα των μικρών τούτων των πιστευόντων εις εμέ, συμφέρει εις αυτόν να κρεμασθή μύλου πέτρα επί τον τράχηλον αυτού και να καταποντισθή εις το πέλαγος της θαλάσσης.
6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.
6 ὃς δ᾽ ἂν σκανδαλίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων τῶν πιστευόντων εἰς ἐμέ, συμφέρει αὐτῷ ἵνα κρεμασθῇ μύλος ὀνικὸς εἰς τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ καὶ καταποντισθῇ ἐν τῷ πελάγει τῆς θαλάσσης.
7 Ουαί εις τον κόσμον διά τα σκάνδαλα· διότι είναι ανάγκη να έλθωσι τα σκάνδαλα· πλην ουαί εις τον άνθρωπον εκείνον, διά του οποίου το σκάνδαλον έρχεται.
7 “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
7 Οὐαὶ τῷ κόσμῳ ἀπὸ τῶν σκανδάλων· ἀνάγκη γάρ ἐστιν ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα· πλὴν οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκείνῳ δι᾽ οὗ τὸ σκάνδαλον ἔρχεται.
8 Και εάν η χειρ σου ή ο πους σου σε σκανδαλίζη, έκκοψον αυτό και ρίψον από σού· καλήτερον σοι είναι να εισέλθης εις την ζωήν χωλός ή κουλλός, παρά έχων δύο χείρας ή δύο πόδας να ριφθής εις το πυρ το αιώνιον.
8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
8 εἰ δὲ ἡ χείρ σου ἢ ὁ πούς σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον αὐτὰ καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ· καλόν σοί ἐστιν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν χωλὸν ἢ κυλλόν, ἢ δύο χεῖρας ἢ δύο πόδας ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον.
9 Και εάν ο οφθαλμός σου σε σκανδαλίζη, έκβαλε αυτόν και ρίψον από σού· καλήτερον σοι είναι μονόφθαλμος να εισέλθης εις την ζωήν, παρά έχων δύο οφθαλμούς να ριφθής εις την γέενναν του πυρός.
9 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.
9 καὶ εἰ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔξελε αὐτὸν καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ· καλόν σοί ἐστι μονόφθαλμον εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, ἢ δύο ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὴν γέενναν τοῦ πυρός.
10 Προσέχετε μη καταφρονήσητε ένα των μικρών τούτων· διότι σας λέγω ότι οι άγγελοι αυτών εν τοις ουρανοίς διαπαντός βλέπουσι το πρόσωπον του Πατρός μου του εν ουρανοίς.
10 See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
10 Ὁρᾶτε μὴ καταφρονήσητε ἑνὸς τῶν μικρῶν τούτων· λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτῶν ἐν οὐρανοῖς διὰ παντὸς βλέπουσι τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς.
11 Επειδή ο Υιός του ανθρώπου ήλθε διά να σώση το απολωλός.
11 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
11 ἦλθε γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου σῶσαι τὸ ἀπολωλός.
12 Τι σας φαίνεται; εάν άνθρωπός τις έχη εκατόν πρόβατα και πλανηθή εν εξ αυτών, δεν αφίνει τα ενενήκοντα εννέα και υπάγων επί τα όρη, ζητεί το πλανώμενον;
12 “What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
12 Τί ὑμῖν δοκεῖ; ἐὰν γένηταί τινι ἀνθρώπῳ ἑκατὸν πρόβατα καὶ πλανηθῇ ἓν ἐξ αὐτῶν, οὐχὶ ἀφεὶς τὰ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη, πορευθεὶς ζητεῖ τὸ πλανώμενον;
13 Και εάν συμβή να εύρη αυτό, αληθώς σας λέγω ότι χαίρει δι' αυτό μάλλον παρά διά τα ενενήκοντα εννέα τα μη πεπλανημένα.
13 If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
13 καὶ ἐὰν γένηται εὑρεῖν αὐτό, ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι χαίρει ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα τοῖς μὴ πεπλανημένοις.
14 Ούτω δεν είναι θέλημα έμπροσθεν του Πατρός σας του εν ουρανοίς να απολεσθή εις των μικρών τούτων.
14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
14 οὕτως οὐκ ἔστι θέλημα ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἵνα ἀπόληται εἷς τῶν μικρῶν τούτων.
15 Εάν δε αμαρτήση εις σε ο αδελφός σου, ύπαγε και έλεγξον αυτόν μεταξύ σου και αυτού μόνου· εάν σου ακούση, εκέρδησας τον αδελφόν σου·
15 “If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.
15 Ἐὰν δὲ ἁμαρτήσῃ εἰς σὲ ὁ ἀδελφός σου, ὕπαγε [καὶ] ἔλεγξον αὐτὸν μεταξὺ σοῦ καὶ αὐτοῦ μόνου· ἐάν σου ἀκούσῃ, ἐκέρδησας τὸν ἀδελφόν σου·
16 εάν όμως δεν ακούση, παράλαβε μετά σου έτι ένα ή δύο, διά να βεβαιωθή πας λόγος επί στόματος δύο μαρτύρων ή τριών.
16 But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
16 ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀκούσῃ, παράλαβε μετὰ σοῦ ἔτι ἕνα ἢ δύο, ἵνα ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων ἢ τριῶν σταθῇ πᾶν ῥῆμα.
17 Και εάν παρακούση αυτών, ειπέ τούτο προς την εκκλησίαν· αλλ' εάν και της εκκλησίας παρακούση, ας είναι εις σε ως ο εθνικός και ο τελώνης.
17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.
17 ἐὰν δὲ παρακούσῃ αὐτῶν, εἰπὲ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας παρακούσῃ, ἔστω σοι ὥσπερ ὁ ἐθνικὸς καὶ ὁ τελώνης.
18 Αληθώς σας λέγω, Όσα εάν δέσητε επί της γης, θέλουσιν είσθαι δεδεμένα εν τω ουρανώ, και όσα εάν λύσητε επί της γης, θέλουσιν είσθαι λελυμένα εν τω ουρανώ.
18 Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
18 Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅσα ἐὰν δήσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται δεδεμένα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ὅσα ἐὰν λύσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται λελυμένα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ.
19 Πάλιν σας λέγω ότι εάν δύο από σας συμφωνήσωσιν επί της γης περί παντός πράγματος, περί του οποίου ήθελον κάμει αίτησιν, θέλει γείνει εις αυτούς παρά του Πατρός μου του εν ουρανοίς.
19 Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
19 Πάλιν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν δύο ὑμῶν συμφωνήσωσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς περὶ παντὸς πράγματος οὗ ἐὰν αἰτήσωνται, γενήσεται αὐτοῖς παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς.
20 Διότι όπου είναι δύο ή τρεις συνηγμένοι εις το όνομά μου, εκεί είμαι εγώ εν τω μέσω αυτών.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”
20 οὗ γάρ εἰσι δύο ἢ τρεῖς συνηγμένοι εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα, ἐκεῖ εἰμι ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν.
21 Τότε προσελθών προς αυτόν ο Πέτρος, είπε· Κύριε, ποσάκις αν αμαρτήση εις εμέ ο αδελφός μου και θέλω συγχωρήσει αυτόν; έως επτάκις;
21 Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”
21 Τότε προσελθὼν αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπε· Κύριε, ποσάκις ἁμαρτήσει εἰς ἐμὲ ὁ ἀδελφός μου καὶ ἀφήσω αὐτῷ; ἕως ἑπτάκις;
22 Λέγει προς αυτόν ο Ιησούς· Δεν σοι λέγω έως επτάκις, αλλ' έως εβδομηκοντάκις επτά.
22 Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
22 λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· οὐ λέγω σοι ἕως ἑπτάκις, ἀλλ᾽ ἕως ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά.
23 Διά τούτο η βασιλεία των ουρανών ωμοιώθη με άνθρωπον βασιλέα, όστις ηθέλησε να θεωρήση λογαριασμόν μετά των δούλων αυτού.
23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
23 Διὰ τοῦτο ὡμοιώθη ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ βασιλεῖ, ὃς ἠθέλησε συνᾶραι λόγον μετὰ τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ.
24 Και ότε ήρχισε να θεωρή, εφέρθη προς αυτόν εις οφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων.
24 When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
24 ἀρξαμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ συναίρειν προσηνέχθη αὐτῷ εἷς ὀφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων.
25 Και επειδή δεν είχε να αποδώση, προσέταξεν ο κύριος αυτού να πωληθή αυτός και η γυνή αυτού και τα τέκνα και πάντα όσα είχε, και να αποδοθή το οφειλόμενον.
25 But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
25 μὴ ἔχοντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποδοῦναι ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ πραθῆναι καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ πάντα ὅσα εἶχε, καὶ ἀποδοθῆναι.
26 Πεσών λοιπόν ο δούλος προσεκύνει αυτόν, λέγων· Κύριε, μακροθύμησον εις εμέ, και πάντα θέλω σοι αποδώσει.
26 The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’
26 πεσὼν οὖν ὁ δοῦλος προσεκύνει αὐτῷ λέγων· κύριε, μακροθύμησον ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ καὶ πάντα σοι ἀποδώσω.
27 Σπλαγχνισθείς δε ο κύριος του δούλου εκείνου, απέλυσεν αυτόν και το δάνειον αφήκεν εις αυτόν.
27 The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.
27 σπλαγχνισθεὶς δὲ ὁ κύριος τοῦ δούλου ἐκείνου ἀπέλυσεν αὐτὸν καὶ τὸ δάνειον ἀφῆκεν αὐτῷ.
28 Αφού όμως εξήλθεν ο δούλος εκείνος, εύρεν ένα των συνδούλων αυτού, όστις εχρεώστει εις αυτόν εκατόν δηνάρια, και πιάσας αυτόν έπνιγε, λέγων· Απόδος μοι ό,τι χρεωστείς.
28 “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’
28 ἐξελθὼν δὲ ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος εὗρεν ἕνα τῶν συνδούλων αὐτοῦ, ὃς ὤφειλεν αὐτῷ ἑκατὸν δηνάρια, καὶ κρατήσας αὐτὸν ἔπνιγε λέγων· ἀπόδος μοι εἴ τι ὀφείλεις.
29 Πεσών λοιπόν ο σύνδουλος αυτού εις τους πόδας αυτού, παρεκάλει αυτόν λέγων· Μακροθύμησον εις εμέ, και πάντα θέλω σοι αποδώσει.
29 “So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’
29 πεσὼν οὖν ὁ σύνδουλος αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν λέγων· μακροθύμησον ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ καὶ ἀποδώσω σοι.
30 Εκείνος όμως δεν ήθελεν, αλλ' απελθών έβαλεν αυτόν εις φυλακήν, εωσού αποδώση το οφειλόμενον.
30 He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due.
30 ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἤθελεν, ἀλλὰ ἀπελθὼν ἔβαλεν αὐτὸν εἰς φυλακὴν ἕως οὗ ἀποδῷ τὸ ὀφειλόμενον.
31 Ιδόντες δε οι σύνδουλοι αυτού τα γενόμενα, ελυπήθησαν σφόδρα και ελθόντες εφανέρωσαν προς τον κύριον αυτών πάντα τα γενόμενα.
31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done.
31 ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτοῦ τὰ γενόμενα ἐλυπήθησαν σφόδρα, καὶ ἐλθόντες διεσάφησαν τῷ κυρίῳ ἑαυτῶν πάντα τὰ γενόμενα.
32 Τότε προσκαλέσας αυτόν ο κύριος αυτού, λέγει προς αυτόν· Δούλε πονηρέ, παν το χρέος εκείνο σοι αφήκα, επειδή με παρεκάλεσας·
32 Then his lord called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
32 τότε προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ λέγει αὐτῷ· δοῦλε πονηρέ, πᾶσαν τὴν ὀφειλὴν ἐκείνην ἀφῆκά σοι, ἐπεὶ παρεκάλεσάς με.
33 δεν έπρεπε και συ να ελεήσης τον σύνδουλόν σου, καθώς και εγώ σε ηλέησα;
33 Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’
33 οὐκ ἔδει καὶ σὲ ἐλεῆσαι τὸν σύνδουλόν σου, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ σε ἠλέησα;
34 Και οργισθείς ο κύριος αυτού παρέδωκεν αυτόν εις τους βασανιστάς, εωσού αποδώση παν το οφειλόμενον εις αυτόν.
34 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.
34 καὶ ὀργισθεὶς ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν τοῖς βασανισταῖς ἕως οὗ ἀποδῷ πᾶν τὸ ὀφειλόμενον αὐτῷ.
35 Ούτω και ο Πατήρ μου ο επουράνιος θέλει κάμει εις εσάς, εάν δεν συγχωρήσητε εκ καρδίας σας έκαστος εις τον αδελφόν αυτού τα πταίσματα αυτών.
35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”
35 Οὕτω καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ ἐπουράνιος ποιήσει ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ ἀφῆτε ἕκαστος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν καρδιῶν ὑμῶν τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν.
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  1. 1 Mark 9:33–37; Luke 9:46–48; Matthew 20:20–28; Luke 22:24–27; Philippians 2:3
  2. 2 Matthew 19:13–14; Mark 9:36–37; 1 Kings 3:7; Jeremiah 1:7
  3. 3 Mark 10:14–15; 1 Peter 2:2; Matthew 19:14; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Luke 18:16–17
  4. 4 James 4:10; Mark 10:43; Luke 14:11; Luke 9:48; Matthew 23:11–12
  5. 5 Matthew 25:40; John 13:20; Mark 9:37; Galatians 4:14; Luke 17:1–2
  6. 6 Mark 9:42; Luke 17:1–2; Matthew 18:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:6–9; Matthew 18:14
  7. 7 Luke 17:1; 1 Corinthians 11:19; Matthew 26:24; 1 Timothy 4:1–3; Jude 4
  8. 8 Matthew 5:29–30; Philippians 3:8–9; Romans 13:12; Luke 18:22–23; Ezekiel 18:31
  9. 9 Acts 14:22; Matthew 18:8; Revelation 21:27; Matthew 5:22; Matthew 5:29
  10. 10 Psalm 91:11; Psalm 34:7; Hebrews 1:14; Luke 16:22; Acts 12:7–11
  11. 12 Ezekiel 34:12; Luke 15:4–7; Ezekiel 34:16; Isaiah 53:6; Ezekiel 34:28
  12. 13 Luke 15:5–10; Zephaniah 3:17; Psalm 147:11; Luke 15:23–24; John 4:34–36
  13. 14 John 17:12; 2 Peter 3:9; John 6:39–40; John 10:27–30; Isaiah 40:11
  14. 15 Leviticus 19:17; Galatians 6:1; Luke 17:3–4; 2 Thessalonians 3:15; Colossians 3:13
  15. 16 Deuteronomy 19:15; 2 Corinthians 13:1; John 8:17; 1 Timothy 5:19; Hebrews 10:28
  16. 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
  17. 18 Matthew 16:19; 2 Corinthians 2:10; John 20:23; 1 Corinthians 5:4–5; Revelation 3:7–8
  18. 19 Matthew 7:7; 1 John 5:14–16; Mark 11:24; John 14:13–14; Philippians 1:19
  19. 20 1 Corinthians 5:4; Revelation 21:3; Matthew 28:20; Zechariah 2:5; John 20:26
  20. 21 Luke 17:3–4; Matthew 18:15
  21. 22 Colossians 3:13; Mark 11:25; Genesis 4:24; Ephesians 4:31–5:1; Matthew 6:14–15
  22. 23 Romans 14:12; Matthew 13:24; Matthew 3:2; Matthew 13:44–45; Matthew 13:47
  23. 24 Psalm 38:4; Psalm 130:3–4; Psalm 40:12; Luke 13:4; Luke 16:5
  24. 25 Nehemiah 5:5; 2 Kings 4:1; Luke 7:42; Leviticus 25:39; Nehemiah 5:8
  25. 26 Matthew 18:29; Luke 7:43; Matthew 8:2; Romans 10:3
  26. 27 Psalm 145:8; Psalm 86:15; Psalm 86:5; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 78:38
  27. 28 Ezekiel 45:9; Matthew 20:2; Deuteronomy 15:2; Isaiah 58:3; Nehemiah 5:10–11
  28. 29 Matthew 6:12; Matthew 18:26; Philemon 18–19
  29. 30 1 Kings 22:27; 1 Kings 21:27–29
  30. 31 Romans 12:15; Hebrews 13:3; Mark 3:5; Jeremiah 9:1; Hebrews 13:17
  31. 32 Romans 3:19; Luke 19:22; Matthew 25:26
  32. 33 Colossians 3:13; Ephesians 4:32–5:2; Matthew 6:12; Luke 6:35–36; Matthew 5:44–45
  33. 34 James 2:13; Matthew 5:25–26; Luke 12:58–59; 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9; Revelation 14:10–11
  34. 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).

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. Commentary 18:7 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XXXI)

    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)

  2. Commentary 18:7 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LIX)

    "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)

  3. Quotes verse 18:10 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book I, Chapter XIV)

    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.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 18:10 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XIII, Chapters XII–XV)

    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)

  5. Quotes verse 18:15 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXIII)

    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)