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lazy! Lazy! That’s why you’re saying,
‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to the
Lord.’ 18 Now get back to work! No
straw will be given to you, but you
must still produce the full quota of
bricks.”
19 The Is
raelite foremen could see
that they were in serious trouble when
they were told, “You must not reduce
the number of bricks you make each
day.” 20 As they left Pharaoh’s court,
they confronted M
oses and A
aron,
who were waiting outside for them.
21 The foremen said to them, “May the
Lord judge and punish you for making us stink before Pharaoh and his officials. You have put a sword into their
hands, an excuse to kill us!”
4:6 Or with leprosy. The Hebrew word used here can
describe various skin diseases. 4:25 The Hebrew
word for “feet” may refer here to the male sex organ.
MATTHEW 18:120
About that time the disciples came to
Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in
the Kingdom of Heaven?”
2
Jesus called a little child to him
and put the child among them. 3 Then
he said, “I tell you the truth, unless
you turn from your sins and become
like little children, you will never get
into the Kingdom of Heaven. 4 So anyone who becomes as humble as this
little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
5 “And anyone who wel
comes a
little child like this on my behalf* is
welcoming me. 6 But if you cause one
of these little ones who trusts in me to
fall into sin, it would be better for you
to have a large millstone tied around
your neck and be drowned in the
depths of the sea.
7 “What sorrow awaits the world,
because it tempts people to sin.
Temptations are inevitable, but what
sorrow awaits the person who does
the tempting. 8 So if your hand or foot
causes you to sin, cut it off and throw
it away. It’s better to enter eternal life
with only one hand or one foot than to
be thrown into eternal fire with both
of your hands and feet. 9 And if your
eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and
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throw it away. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one eye than to have
two eyes and be thrown into the fire
of hell.*
10 “Beware that you d
on’t look down
on any of these little ones. For I tell
you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly
Father.*
12 “If a man has a hundred sheep
and one of them wanders away, what
will he do? Won’t he leave the ninetynine others on the hills and go out to
search for the one that is lost? 13 And
if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he
will rejoice over it more than over the
ninety-nine that didn’t wander away!
14 In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father’s will that even one of
these little ones should perish.
15 “If another believer* sins against
you,* go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and
confesses it, you have won that person
back. 16 But if you are unsuccessful,
take one or two others with you and
go back again, so that everything you
say may be confirmed by two or three
witnesses. 17 If the person still refuses
to listen, take your case to the church.
Then if he or she won’t accept the
church’s decision, treat that person
as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.
18 “I tell you the truth, whatever you
forbid* on earth will be forbidden in
heaven, and whatever you permit* on
earth will be permitted in heaven.
19 “I also tell you this: If two of you
agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven
will do it for you. 20 For where two or
three gather together as my followers,* I am there among them.”
18:5 Greek in my name.
18:9 Greek the Gehenna
of fire.
18:10 Some manuscripts add verse 11, And
the Son of Man came to save those who are lost.
Compare Luke 19:10. 18:15a Greek If your brother.
18:15b Some manuscripts do not include against you.
18:18a Or bind, or lock.
18:18b Or loose, or open.
18:20 Greek gather together in my name.
PSALM 22:1931
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O Lord, do not stay far away!
You are my strength; come
quickly to my aid!
