\subsection{\Matthew 18}
\subsubsection{Questions About the Greatest}
\VS{1} In that hour the disciples came to \Iesous saying: Who then is greater in the 
kingdom of the heavens? 
\VS{2} And when he called [a] child he stood him in their midst 
\VS{3} and said: Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become 
as the child, you will not enter into the kingdom of the heavens. 
\VS{4} Whoever therefore humbles himself as this child, this is the greater in the 
kingdom of the heavens. 
\VS{5} And whoever receives [one] such child in my name 
receives me. 

\VS{6} but whoever causes one of these little [ones] believing 
in me to stumble, it is better for him that [a] millstone be hung around his 
neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea. 
\VS{7} Woe to the world 
because of those\footnote{can also mean ``those things"} causing stumbling. 
It is necessary for stumbling to come, nevertheless woe to the man through 
whom comes the stumbling. 
\VS{8} But if your hand or your foot causes you to 
stumble, cut it off and throw [it] from you. It is better for you to enter into 
zoe-life\fnZoe{} crippled or deformed than having two hands or two feet to be thrown 
into the eternal fire. 
\VS{9} And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it 
out and throw [it] from you. It is better for you to enter into zoe-life\fnZoe{} one-eyed 
than having two eyes to be thrown into the Gehenna of fire\fnGehenna{}. 

\subsubsection{Parable of the Lost Sheep}
\VS{10} Be seeing that you do not despise one of these little [ones], For I say to you that their angels in [the] heavens always see the face of my father in the heavens. 
\VS{11} For the son of man came to save the lost.\footnote{vs. 11: 
DW \koine{} \vulgate{} few; omit vs. 11: \sinaiticus{}B} 

\VS{12} How does it seem to you? If it 
should come to pass to [a] certain man one hundred sheep and one of them gone 
astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and having gone 
seek the [one] gone astray? 
\VS{13} And if it come to pass he finds it, truly I 
say to you that he rejoices upon it more than upon the ninety-nine that had 
not gone astray. 
\VS{14} Thus it is not [a] wish before your father in the 
heavens that [one] of these little [ones] be lost\fnApollumi{}. 

\subsubsection{Restoring Relationships}
\VS{15} But if your brother sins, go tell him between you and 
him only. If he hears you, you have won your brother. 
\VS{16} But if he not hear you, take along with you yet one or two, that on [the] mouth of two or three testifiers might stand every word. 
\VS{17} But if he 
not hear them, speak to the assembly\fnEkklhsia{}. And if he refuse to hear the 
assembly\fnEkklhsia{}, he must be to you as the gentile and the tax-gatherer. 

\VS{18} Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on the earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on the earth will have been loosed in heaven. 
\VS{19} Again I truly say to you that if two among you be in agreement on the earth
concerning any matter that they ask, it will come to pass from my 
father in [the] heavens. 
\VS{20} For when two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in their midst. 

\VS{21} Then \Petros having come he said to him: Lord, how often will my 
brother sin against me and I forgive him? Until seven? 
\VS{22} \Iesous says to him: I do not say to you until seven, but 
until seventy times seven. 

\subsubsection{The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave}
\VS{23} Because of this the kingdom of the heavens is like to [a] man [who is] king, who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. 
\VS{24} So when he began to be 
settling [them], there was brought to him [a] debtor of [a] thousand talents. 
\VS{25} And not having [them] to pay, the lord ordered him to be sold and his wife and his children and all that he has for payment. 
\VS{26} The slave therefore falling down knelt before him saying: Be patient with me, 
and I will pay all to you. 
\VS{27} And the lord having compassion on this slave loosed him, and allowed him 
the loan. 
\VS{28} So when that slave went out he 
found one of his fellow-slaves, which owed him [a] hundred denari, and laying 
hold he was choking him saying: Pay what you owe! 
\VS{29} Falling down therefore his fellow-slave knelt before him saying: Be patient 
with me and I will pay you. 
\VS{30} But he did not wish to, but having departed, threw him into prison until he pay the debt. 
\VS{31} His fellow-slaves therefore 
seeing what came to pass were greatly troubled, and having come, reported to 
their lord all that came to pass. 
\VS{32} Then when his lord called him he 
said to him: Wicked\fnPoneros{} slave, all this debt I allowed you because you called 
upon me. 
\VS{33} Mustn't you also have mercy on your fellow-slave as I 
also had mercy on you? 
\VS{34} And having been angered, his lord gave him 
over to the torturer\footnote{or ``jailer''. Jailors at that time were also responsible for torturing.} until he pay all his debt to him. 
\VS{35} Thus also your heavenly father will do to you, if you do not forgive 
each of your brothers from your heart.