18 ἘΝ ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ προσῆλθον οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ Ἰησοῦ λέγοντες, Τίς ἄρα μείζων ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐ 9 9 46 2 ρανῶν; καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ὁ Ἰησοῦς παιδίον, ἔστη-36 41 3 σεν αὐτὸ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπεν, ̓Αμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ στραφῆτε καὶ γένησθε ὡς τὰ παιδία, οὐ μὴ εἰσ4 έλθητε εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν. ὅστις οὖν ταπεινώσῃ ἑαυτὸν ὡς τὸ παιδίον τοῦτο, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ μεί5 ζων ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν. καὶ ὃς ἐὰν δέξηται 37 48 παιδίον τοιοῦτον ἓν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐμὲ δέχεται 6ὃς δ ̓ ἂν σκανδαλίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων τῶν πιστευ- 42 όντων εἰς ἐμὲ, συμφέρει αὐτῷ, ἵνα κρεμασθῇ μύλος ὀνικὸς ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ, καὶ καταποντισθῇ ἐν τῷ η πελάγει τῆς θαλάσσης. Οὐαὶ τῷ κόσμῳ ἀπὸ τῶν σκαν δάλων. ἀνάγκη γάρ ἐστιν ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα πλὴν οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκείνῳ, δι ̓ οὗ τὸ σκάνδαλον ἔρχεται. 8 Εἰ δὲ ἡ χείρ σου ἢ ὁ πούς σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον 43 αὐτὰ καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ· καλόν σοι ἐστὶν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν χωλὸν ἢ κυλλὸν, ἢ δύο χεῖρας ἢ δύο πόδας 9 ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον. καὶ εἰ ὁ ὀφθαλ- 47 μός σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔξελε αὐτὸν καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ· καλόν σοι ἐστὶ μονόφθαλμον εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, ἢ δύο ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὴν γέενναν τοῦ πυ το ρός. Ορᾶτε 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 τι οὐρανοῖς. ἦλθε γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου σῶσαι τὸ ἀπο12 λωλός. Τί ὑμῖν δοκεῖ; ἐὰν γένηταί τινι ἀνθρώπῳ ἑκατὸν πρόβατα, καὶ πλανηθῇ ἓν ἐξ αὐτῶν· οὐχὶ ἀφεὶς τὸ ἐννενηκονταεννέα, ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη πορευθεὶς ζητεῖ τὸ πλανώμενον ; 13 καὶ ἐὰν γένηται εὑρεῖν αὐτὸ, ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι χαίρει ἐπ ̓ αὐτῷ μᾶλλον, ἢ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐννενηκονταεννέα τοῖς μὴ 14 πεπλανημένοις. οὕτως οὐκ ἔστι θέλημα ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς, ἵνα ἀπόληται εἷς τῶν μικρῶν 15 τούτων. Ἐὰν δὲ ἁμαρτήσῃ εἰς σὲ ὁ ἀδελφός σου, ὕπαγε καὶ ἔλεγξον αὐτὸν μεταξὺ σοῦ καὶ αὐτοῦ μόνου. ἐάν σου 16 ἀκούσῃ, ἐκέρδησας τὸν ἀδελφόν σου· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀκούσῃ, παράλαβε μετὰ σοῦ ἔτι ἕνα ἢ δύο, ἵνα ἐπὶ στόματος δύο 1 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ προσῆλ. C. 4 ταπεινώσει C. 6 ὀνικὸς εἰς τὸν C. αὐτὸν C. 11 ἦλθε 15 ὕπαγε ἔλεγξον Α. I 6 I uke 9. 46. ch. 19. 14. Luke 18. 16. child, 1 Cor. 14. 20. And 1 Pet. 2. 2. name c ch. 20. 27. Luke 9. 48. e Mark 9. 42. Mark 9. 43, 18 AT the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, a Mark 9. 33. saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? & 22. 24. And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him 3 in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, bExcept ye be converted, and become as little children, ↳ Ps. 131. 2. 4 ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Who- Mark 10. 14. soever therefore shall humble himself as this little 5 the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. dwhoso shall receive one such little child in my 6 receiveth me. e But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him Luke 17.1,2. that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that 7 he were drowned in the depth of the sea. ¶Woe unto the world because of offences! for fit must needs bef Luke 17. 1. I Cor. 11. 19. that offences come; but g woe to that man by whom g ch. 26. 24. 8 the offence cometh! hWherefore if thy hand or thy h ch.5. 29, 30. foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: 45. it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast 9 into everlasting fire. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two 10 eyes to be cast into hell fire. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I that in heaven their angels do always behold II face of my Father which is in heaven. For the Son 12 of man is come to save that which was lost. m How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh m Luke 15.4. 13 that which is gone astray? and if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not 14 astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father which say unto you, the i Ps. 34. 7. Heb. 1. 14. Zech. 13. 7. k Esth. 1. 14. John 3. 17. & 12 47. I Pet. 3. I. is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. n Lev. 19. 17. 15 T Moreover nif thy brother shall trespass against thee, Ecclus.19.13. go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: o Jam. 5. 20. if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. p Deut. 17. 6. 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or John 8. 17. two more, that in Pthe mouth of two or three witnesses Heb. 10. 28. & 19. 15. 2 Cor. 13. 1. τη μαρτύρων ἢ τριῶν σταθῇ πᾶν ῥῆμα. ἐὰν δὲ παρακούσῃ αὐτῶν, εἰπὲ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας παρ18 ακούσῃ, ἔστω σοὶ ὥσπερ ὁ ἐθνικὸς καὶ ὁ τελώνης. ̓Αμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅσα ἐὰν δήσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται δεδεμένα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ· καὶ ὅσα ἐὰν λύσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται το λελυμένα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ. πάλιν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἐὰν δύο ὑμῶν συμφωνήσωσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς περὶ παντὸς πράγματος οὗ ἐὰν αἰτήσωνται, γενήσεται αὐτοῖς παρὰ τοῦ πατρός 20 μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς. οὗ γάρ εἰσι δύο ἢ τρεῖς συνηγμένοι εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα, ἐκεῖ εἰμὶ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν. 21 Τότε προσελθὼν αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπε, Κύριε, ποσάκις ἁμαρτήσει εἰς ἐμὲ ὁ ἀδελφός μου, καὶ ἀφήσω αὐτῷ ; 22 ἕως ἑπτάκις ; λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Οὐ, λέγω σοι, ἕως 23 ἑπτάκις, ἀλλ ̓ ἕως ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά. Διὰ τοῦτο ὡμοι ώθη ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ βασιλεῖ, ὃς ἠθέ 24 λησε συνᾶραι λόγον μετὰ τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ. ἀρξαμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ συναίρειν, προσηνέχθη αὐτῷ εἰς ὀφειλέτης μυ 25 ρίων ταλάντων. μὴ ἔχοντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποδοῦναι, ἐκέλευ σεν αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ πραθῆναι, καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ τέκνα, καὶ πάντα ὅσα εἶχε, καὶ ἀποδοθῆ26 ναι. πεσὼν οὖν ὁ δοῦλος προσεκύνει αὐτῷ λέγων, Κύριε, 27 μακροθύμησον ἐπ ̓ ἐμοὶ, καὶ πάντά σοι ἀποδώσω. σπλαγ χνισθεὶς δὲ ὁ κύριος τοῦ δούλου ἐκείνου, ἀπέλυσεν αὐτ 28 τὸν, καὶ τὸ δάνειον ἀφῆκεν αὐτῷ. ἐξελθὼν δὲ ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος εὗρεν ἕνα τῶν συνδούλων αὐτοῦ, ὃς ὤφειλεν αὐτῷ ἑκατὸν δηνάρια, καὶ κρατήσας αὐτὸν ἔπνιγε λέγων, 29 Απόδος μοι ὅ τι ὀφείλεις. πεσὼν οὖν ὁ σύνδουλος αὐ τοῦ εἰς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ, παρεκάλει αὐτὸν λέγων, Μα30 κροθύμησον ἐπ ̓ ἐμοὶ, καὶ πάντα ἀποδώσω σοι. ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἤθελεν, ἀλλὰ ἀπελθὼν ἔβαλεν αὐτὸν εἰς φυλακὴν, ἕως οὗ ἀποδῷ τὸ ὀφειλόμενον. ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτοῦ τὰ γενόμενα, ἐλυπήθησαν σφόδρα· καὶ ἐλθόντες διεσά32 φησαν τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτῶν πάντα τὰ γενόμενα. τότε προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ λέγει αὐτῷ, Δούλε 3Ι 19 πάλιν ἀμὴν λέγω D. τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ om. Α. 28 μοι om. Β. εἴ τι ὀφείλ. Α. πάντα om. Β. 29 εἰς I Cor. 5.9. 14. 2 John 10. r ch. 16. 19. 17 every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as 18 an heathen man and a publican. Verily I say unto q Rom. 16.17. you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be a Thess. 3. 6, bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on 19 earth shall be loosed in heaven. S $ Again I say unto I Cor. 5. 4. you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touch-s ch. 5. 24. ing any thing that they shall ask, tit shall be done for t1 John 3.22. 20 them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.. 21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? John 20. 23. & 5. 14. Mark 11. 25. Neh. 5. 8. 22 till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto u Luke 17. 4. thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times x ch. 6. 14. 23 seven. ¶ Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened Col. 3. 13. unto a certain king, which would take account of his 24 servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand 1ta25 lents. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, y2 Kings 4.1. 26 and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down, and 2 worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee 27 all. Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred 3 pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, 29 saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, 30 Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till 31 he should pay the debt. So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came 32 and told unto their lord all that was done. Then his 1 A talent is 750 ounces of silver, which after five shillings the ounce is 1871. 10s. 2 Or, besought him. 3 The Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is seven pence halfpenny. ch. 20. 2. ΙΟ πονηρὲ, πᾶσαν τὴν ὀφειλὴν ἐκείνην ἀφῆκά σοι, ἐπεὶ 33 παρεκάλεσάς με· οὐκ ἔδει καὶ σὲ ἐλεῆσαι τὸν σύνδουλόν 34 σου, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ σε ἠλέησα; καὶ ὀργισθεὶς ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν τοῖς βασανισταῖς, ἕως οὗ ἀποδῷ 35 πᾶν τὸ ὀφειλόμενον αὐτῷ. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ ἐπουράνιος ποιήσει ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ ἀφῆτε ἕκαστος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν καρδιῶν ὑμῶν τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν. 19 ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ὅτε ἐτέλεσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς λόγους τού- 1 τους, μετῆρεν ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὰ ὅρια 2 τῆς Ἰουδαίας πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου. καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ 3 ὄχλοι πολλοὶ, καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ. Καὶ προσ- 2 ῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι πειράζοντες αὐτὸν, καὶ λέγοντες αὐτῷ, Εἰ ἔξεστιν ἀνθρώπῳ ἀπολῦσαι τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ κατὰ πᾶσαν αἰτίαν; ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Οὐκ 6 ἀνέγνωτε ὅτι ὁ ποιήσας ἀπ' ἀρχῆς, ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποί 5 ησεν αὐτούς· καὶ εἶπεν, Ἕνεκεν τούτου καταλείψει ἄν- 7 θρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσκολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν ; 8 6 ὥστε οὐκέτι εἰσὶ δύο, ἀλλὰ σὰρξ μία· ὃ οὖν ὁ Θεὸς συν- 9 τ έζευξεν, ἄνθρωπος μὴ χωριζέτω. Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Τί οὖν 3 Μωσῆς ἐνετείλατο δοῦναι βιβλίον ἀποστασίου, καὶ ἀπο- 4 8 λῦσαι αὐτήν ; λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ὅτι Μωσῆς πρὸς τὴν σκληρο- 5 καρδίαν ὑμῶν ἐπέτρεψεν ὑμῖν ἀπολῦσαι τὰς γυναῖκας ο ὑμῶν· ἀπ ̓ ἀρχῆς δὲ οὐ γέγονεν οὕτω. λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, τι ὅτι ὃς ἂν ἀπολύσῃ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, εἰ μὴ ἐπὶ πορνείᾳ, καὶ γαμήσῃ ἄλλην, μοιχᾶται· καὶ ὁ ἀπολελυμένην 12 το γαμήσας μοιχάται. Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, Εἰ οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ αἰτία τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός, τι οὐ συμφέρει γαμῆσαι. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Οὐ πάντες χω12 ροῦσι τὸν λόγον τοῦτον, ἀλλ ̓ οἷς δέδοται. εἰσὶ γὰρ εὐνοῦχοι, οἵτινες ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς ἐγεννήθησαν οὕτω· καί εἰσιν εὐνοῦχοι, οἵτινες εὐνουχίσθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων καί εἰσιν εὐνοῦχοι, οἵτινες εὐνούχισαν ἑαυτοὺς, διὰ τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν. ὁ δυνάμενος χωρεῖν, χωρείτω. 35 ὁ οὐράνιος D. τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν om. Α. 3 λέγοντες, εἰ Β. |