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5 and whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me:
6 and whoever scandalizes one of these little ones who trust in me, it is beneficial for him that a millstone turned by a burro hang around his neck, and that he submerge into the depth of the sea.
7 Woe to the cosmos because of scandals! for of necessity, scandals come; however woe to that human by whom the scandal comes!
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AVOIDING SCANDALIZINGS
And if your hand or your foot scandalizes you, exscind them and cast them from you: it is well for you to enter life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet and cast into eternal fire. 9 And if your eye scandalizes you, pluck it and cast it from you: it is well for you to enter life one-eyed rather than having two eyes cast into the fire of Gay Hinnom/the Valley of Burning. 10 See that you not disesteem one of these little ones; for I word to you, That in the heavens, through all time, their angels see the face of my Father in the heavens. 11 For the Son of humanity comes to save the lost. 12
THE PARABLE OF THE WANDERING SHEEP
How think you? Whenever any human becomes a hundred sheep and one of them wanders, forsakes he not the ninety-nine, and goes to the mountains, and seeks that which wanders? 13 And so be it, whenever he finds it, Amen! I word to you, he cheers more over it than of the ninety-nine who wander not. 14 Even thus it is not the will in front of your Father in the heavens, that one of these little ones be lost. 15
A SINNING BROTHER
And whenever your brother sins to you, go and reprove him between you and him alone: whenever he hears you, you gain your brother: 16 but whenever he hears you not take one or two more with you; so that in the mouth of two or three witnesses you establish every rhema: 17 and whenever he refuses to hear them, say it to the ecclesia: and whenever he refuses to hear the ecclesia, he becomes to you exactly as the goyim and a customs agent. 18
BINDING AND RELEASING
Amen! I word to you, Whatever you bind on earth becomes bound in the heavens: whatever you release on earth becomes released in the heavens. 19
SYMPHONIZING TRUST
Again I word to you, That whenever two of you symphonize on earth concerning any matter - whatever they ask it becomes for them from my Father in the heavens: 20 for where two or three gather together in my name, I am there midst them. 21
THE PARABLE ON FORGIVENESS
Then Petros comes to him, saying, Adonay, how often sins my brother to me, and I forgive him? Until seven times? 22 Yah Shua words to him, I word not to you, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. 23 So the sovereigndom of the heavens is likened to a human sovereign, who wills to reckon word of his servants: 24 and he begins to reckon; they bring him a debtor of a myriad talent weights. 25 and having naught to give, his adoni summons to sell him and his woman and children, and all - as much as he has and to give back. 26 So the servant falls and worships him, wording, Adoni, have patience with me and I give you all. 27 And the adoni of that servant has a sympathetic spleen, and releases him, and forgives his debt. 28 But the same servant goes and finds one of his co-servants who is indebted a hundred denarion: and he overpowers him and strangles him, wording, Give me your debt. 29 And his co-servant falls to his feet, and beseeches him, wording, Have patience with me and I give you all. 30 And he wills not: but goes and casts him into a guardhouse until he gives the debt. 31 So when his co-servants see what became, they are extremely sorrowed, and come and tell their adoni all that became. 32 Then his adoni, after he calls him, words to him, O you evil servant, I forgave you all that debt because you besought me: 33 Ought you not also mercy your co-servant even as I mercied you? 34 - and his adoni is wroth and delivers him to the torturers, until he gives all he is indebted. 35 Thus likewise my Father in the heavenlies does also to you unless from your hearts you each forgive your brother his backslidings.
AVOIDING SCANDALIZINGS
And if your hand or your foot scandalizes you, exscind them and cast them from you: it is well for you to enter life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet and cast into eternal fire. 9 And if your eye scandalizes you, pluck it and cast it from you: it is well for you to enter life one-eyed rather than having two eyes cast into the fire of Gay Hinnom/the Valley of Burning. 10 See that you not disesteem one of these little ones; for I word to you, That in the heavens, through all time, their angels see the face of my Father in the heavens. 11 For the Son of humanity comes to save the lost. 12
THE PARABLE OF THE WANDERING SHEEP
How think you? Whenever any human becomes a hundred sheep and one of them wanders, forsakes he not the ninety-nine, and goes to the mountains, and seeks that which wanders? 13 And so be it, whenever he finds it, Amen! I word to you, he cheers more over it than of the ninety-nine who wander not. 14 Even thus it is not the will in front of your Father in the heavens, that one of these little ones be lost. 15
A SINNING BROTHER
And whenever your brother sins to you, go and reprove him between you and him alone: whenever he hears you, you gain your brother: 16 but whenever he hears you not take one or two more with you; so that in the mouth of two or three witnesses you establish every rhema: 17 and whenever he refuses to hear them, say it to the ecclesia: and whenever he refuses to hear the ecclesia, he becomes to you exactly as the goyim and a customs agent. 18
BINDING AND RELEASING
Amen! I word to you, Whatever you bind on earth becomes bound in the heavens: whatever you release on earth becomes released in the heavens. 19
SYMPHONIZING TRUST
Again I word to you, That whenever two of you symphonize on earth concerning any matter - whatever they ask it becomes for them from my Father in the heavens: 20 for where two or three gather together in my name, I am there midst them. 21
THE PARABLE ON FORGIVENESS
Then Petros comes to him, saying, Adonay, how often sins my brother to me, and I forgive him? Until seven times? 22 Yah Shua words to him, I word not to you, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. 23 So the sovereigndom of the heavens is likened to a human sovereign, who wills to reckon word of his servants: 24 and he begins to reckon; they bring him a debtor of a myriad talent weights. 25 and having naught to give, his adoni summons to sell him and his woman and children, and all - as much as he has and to give back. 26 So the servant falls and worships him, wording, Adoni, have patience with me and I give you all. 27 And the adoni of that servant has a sympathetic spleen, and releases him, and forgives his debt. 28 But the same servant goes and finds one of his co-servants who is indebted a hundred denarion: and he overpowers him and strangles him, wording, Give me your debt. 29 And his co-servant falls to his feet, and beseeches him, wording, Have patience with me and I give you all. 30 And he wills not: but goes and casts him into a guardhouse until he gives the debt. 31 So when his co-servants see what became, they are extremely sorrowed, and come and tell their adoni all that became. 32 Then his adoni, after he calls him, words to him, O you evil servant, I forgave you all that debt because you besought me: 33 Ought you not also mercy your co-servant even as I mercied you? 34 - and his adoni is wroth and delivers him to the torturers, until he gives all he is indebted. 35 Thus likewise my Father in the heavenlies does also to you unless from your hearts you each forgive your brother his backslidings.