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Matthew 18:1-14 — Greatest in the Kingdom; Lost Sheep

Matt.18.1-14

¹At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” ²And calling a child, he set him among them ³and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” ⁴Therefore whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵And whoever receives one such child in my name receives me. ⁶But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the open sea. ⁷Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! For stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes. ⁸If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire. ⁹And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life one-eyed than to have two eyes and be thrown into the Gehenna of fire. ¹⁰See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of my Father in heaven. ¹¹(Absent from the best manuscripts; some later copies add: “For the Son of Man came to save the lost.”) ¹²What 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 mountains and go and look for the one that has gone astray? ¹³And if it happens that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. ¹⁴In the same way, before your Father in heaven it is not his will that one of these little ones should perish.

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5/7/2026

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