1 Sel ajal tulid jüngrid Jeesuse juure ja ütlesid: „Kes on küll suurim Taevariigis?"
2 Ja Jeesus kutsus lapsukese Enese juure, asetas tema nende keskele
3 ja ütles: „Tõesti Ma ütlen teile, kui te ei pöördu ega saa kui lapsukesed, ei saa te mitte Taevariiki!
4 Kes nüüd iseennast alandab nagu see lapsuke, on suurem Taevariigis.
5 Ja kes iganes ühe niisuguse lapsukese vastu võtab Minu nimel, see võtab Mind vastu.
6 Aga kes pahandab ühe neist pisukesist, kes Minusse usuvad, sellele oleks parem, et veskikivi tema kaela poodaks ja ta uputataks mere sügavusse.
7 Häda maailmale pahanduste pärast! Sest pahandused peavad tulema, kuid häda sellele inimesele, kelle läbi pahandus tuleb!
8 Aga kui su käsi või su jalg sind pahandab, siis raiu ta maha ja heida enesest ära. Parem on sulle, et sa vigasena või jalutuna lähed elusse, kui et sul on kaks kätt ja kaks jalga ja sind heidetakse igavesse tulle.
9 Ja kui su silm sind pahandab, kisu ta välja ja viska enesest ära. Parem on sulle, et sa ühe silmaga lähed elusse kui et sul on kaks silma ja sind heidetakse põrgutulle.
10 Vaadake ette, et te ühtki neist pisukesist ei põlga; sest Ma ütlen teile, et nende Inglid taevas alati näevad Mu Isa palet, Kes on taevas.
11 Sest Inimese Poeg on tulnud päästma seda, mis on kadunud.
12 Mis te arvate? Kui kellelgi inimesel juhtub olema sada lammast ja üks neist eksib ära, eks Ta jäta need üheksakümmend üheksa mägedele ja lähe otsima seda, kes on ära eksinud?
13 Ja kui juhtub, et ta selle leiab, tõesti Ma ütlen teile, et ta sellest tunneb rohkem rõõmu kui üheksakümne üheksast, kes ei olnud ära eksinud.
14 Nõnda ei ole ka teie Isa tahtmine, Kes on taevas, et üks neist pisukesist hukka läheks.
15 Aga kui su vend eksib sinu vastu, siis mine ja noomi teda nelja silma all. Kui ta sind kuulab, siis sa oled oma venna võitnud.
16 Aga kui ta sind ei kuula, siis võta enesega veel üks või kaks, et iga asi kinnitataks kahe või kolme tunnistaja sõnaga.
17 Aga kui ta neid ei kuula, siis ütle kogudusele; aga kui ta kogudustki ei kuula, siis Ta olgu sinu meelest nagu pagan ja tölner.
18 Tõesti Ma ütlen teile, et mis te iganes maa peal seote, on ka taevas seotud, ja mis te iganes maa peal lahti päästate, on ka taevas lahti päästetud.
19 Taas ütlen Ma tõesti teile, et kui kaks teie seast ühel nõul on maa peal mingi asja pärast, mida nad iganes paluvad, siis see saab neile Minu Isalt, Kes on taevas.
20 Sest kus kaks või kolm koos on Minu nimel, seal olen Mina nende keskel."
21 Siis astus Peetrus Tema juure ja ütles: „Issand, mitu korda ma pean, kui mu vend mu vastu eksib, temale andeks andma? Ons küllalt seitsmest korrast?"
22 Jeesus ütles temale: „Ma ei ütle sulle mitte: Seitse korda! vaid: Seitsekümmend korda seitse korda!
23 Sellepärast on Taevariik kuninga sarnane, kes oma sulastega tahtis aru teha.
24 Aga kui ta hakkas aru tegema, toodi üks ta ette, kes oli talle kümme tuhat talenti võlgu.
25 Aga kui tal ei olnud maksta, käskis isand müüa tema ja ta naise ja ta lapsed ja kõik, mis tal oli, ja maksta.
26 Siis sulane heitis maha, kummardas teda ja ütles: Kannata minuga, ja ma maksan sulle kõik!
27 Siis oli isandal hale meel sellest sulasest, ta laskis tema lahti ja kinkis talle võla.
28 Aga seesama sulane läks välja ja leidis ühe oma kaassulase, kes temale oli võlgu sada teenarit. Ja ta võttis tema kinni, kägistas teda ja ütles: Maksa, mis sa oled võlgu!
29 siis tema kaassulane heitis maha tema jalge ette, palus teda ning ütles: Kannata minuga, ja ma maksan sulle kõik!
30 Aga tema ei tahtnud, vaid läks ära ja heitis ta vangi, kuni ta maksab oma võla.
31 Aga kui tema kaassulased nägid, mis sündis, said nad väga kurvaks ja tulid ning kaebasid oma isandale kõik, mis oli sündinud.
32 siis kutsus ta isand tema enese ette ja ütles temale: Sa tige sulane! Kõik selle võla ma kinkisin sulle, sellepärast et sa mind palusid,
33 eks siis sinagi pidanud halastama oma kaassulase peale, nõnda nagu mina sinu peale halastasin?
34 Ja ta isand sai vihaseks ja andis tema piinajate kätte, kuni ta maksab kõik, mis tal temaga oli võlgu.
35 Nõnda teeb ka Minu taevane Isa teile, kui te igaüks omast südamest andeks ei anna oma vennale!"
1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2 And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them,
3 And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:
6 But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.
7 A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.
8 And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire.
9 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.
10 Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.
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12 What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?
13 And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.
14 Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.
15 And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.
16 But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.
17 And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.
18 Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.
19 Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on earth about anything for which they will make a request, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
20 For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.
21 Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?
22 Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.
23 For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.
24 And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.
25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.
26 So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.
27 And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.
28 But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.
29 So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.
30 And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.
31 So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.
32 Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:
33 Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?
34 And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.
35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.