In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest  ¹in the kingdom of the heavens?

And He called a little child to Him and stood him in their midst

And said, Truly I say to you, Unless you turn and become like little children, you shall by no means enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

He therefore who will humble himself like this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens.

And whoever receives one such little child  ¹because of My name, receives Me;

And whoever stumbles one of these little ones who believe into Me, it is  ¹more profitable for him that a  ²great millstone be hung around his neck and he be drowned in the open sea.

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! For it is necessary for stumbling blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes.

If your hand or your foot stumbles you,  ¹cut it off and cast it from you; it is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire.

And if your eye stumbles you,  ¹pluck it out and cast it from you; it is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be cast into the  ²Gehenna of fire.

See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in the heavens continually behold the face of My Father who is in the heavens.

 ¹For the Son of Man has come to save that which is lost.

What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and seek the one that has gone astray?

And if it so happens that he finds it, truly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

In the same way, it is not the will of  ¹your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones perish.

Moreover if your brother sins against you, go,  ¹reprove him  ²between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.

But if he does not hear you, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

And if he refuses to hear them,  ¹tell it to the  ²church; and if he refuses to hear the church also, let him be to you  ³just like the Gentile and the tax collector.

Truly I say to you, Whatever you  ¹bind on the earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on the earth shall  ²have been loosed in heaven.

Again, truly I say to you that if two of you are  ¹in harmony on earth concerning any matter for which they  ²ask,  ³it will be done for them from My Father who is in the heavens.

For where there are  ¹two or three  ²gathered into My name, there am I in their midst.

Then Peter came and said to Him, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?

Jesus said to him, I do not say to you, Up to seven times, but, Up to seventy times seven.

For this reason the kingdom of the heavens has become like a  ¹king who desired to  ²settle accounts with his slaves.

And when he began to settle them, one who owed him  ¹ten thousand talents was brought to him.

But since he did not have the means to repay, the master commanded him to be sold, as well as his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.

Then the slave fell down and worshipped him, saying, Be patient with me and I will repay you all.

And the master of that slave was moved with compassion and released him and  ¹forgave him the loan.

But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a  ¹hundred denarii, and he took hold of him and began to choke him, saying, Repay me what you owe.

Then his fellow slave fell down and begged him, saying, Be patient with me and I will repay you.

But he would not; instead, he went away and threw him into prison until he would repay what was owed.

Then his fellow slaves, seeing what had taken place, were greatly  ¹grieved and came and explained fully to their master all that had taken place.

Then his master called him to him and said to him, Evil slave, all that debt I forgave you, because you begged me.

Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave even as I had mercy on you?

And his master became angry and  ¹delivered him to the torturers until he would repay all that was owed.

So also will My heavenly Father do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother from your hearts.

And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, Perform a wonder; then you shall say to Aaron, Take your staff, and throw it down before Pharaoh, so that it becomes a  ¹serpent.

And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and they did just as Jehovah had commanded; and Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. And they also, the  ¹magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret spells;

That is, each one threw down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.

And Pharaoh's heart hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had said.

Then Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

Go to  ¹Pharaoh in the morning as he is going out to the water, and stand on the bank of the River to meet him. And you shall take in your hand the staff which was turned into a serpent.

And you shall say to him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, Let My people go that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But until this very moment you have not listened.

Thus says Jehovah, By this you will know that I am Jehovah. I am now going to strike the water which is in the River with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned to  ¹blood.

And the fish that are in the River will die, and the River will become foul, and the Egyptians will loathe drinking water from the River.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your staff, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their watercourses, and over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

And Moses and Aaron did just as Jehovah commanded; and he lifted up the staff and struck the water that was in the River in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the River was turned to blood.

And the fish that were in the River died, and the River became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the River; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.

And the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret spells; and Pharaoh's heart hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had said.

And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart.

And all the Egyptians dug around the River for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the River.

And seven days passed after Jehovah had struck the River.

Then Jehovah said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says Jehovah, Let My people go that they may serve Me.

But if you refuse to let them go, I will now smite all your territory with  ¹frogs.

And the River shall swarm with frogs, and they will go up from the River and come into your house and into your bedchamber and upon your bed, and into the houses of your servants and upon your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls.

And the frogs shall come up upon you and upon your people and upon all your servants.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the watercourses, and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

And the magicians did the same with their secret spells and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, Entreat Jehovah to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah.

And Moses said to Pharaoh, May it please you, and not me, as to the time. When shall I make entreaty for you and for your servants and for your people, to cut off the frogs from you and from your houses so that they remain in the River only?

And he said, Tomorrow. And he said, It will be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like Jehovah our God.

And the frogs shall depart from you and from your houses and from your servants and from your people; they shall remain in the River only.

Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried out to Jehovah concerning the frogs which He had brought upon Pharaoh.

And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died in the houses, in the courts, and in the fields.

And they gathered them together, heap after heap, and the land stank.

But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he  ¹hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had said.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your staff, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become  ¹lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man and on beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

And the magicians did the same with their secret spells, to try to bring forth lice, but they could not; so there were lice on man and on beast.

Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the  ¹finger of God. But Pharaoh's heart hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had said.