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Polyglot Bible: Matthew: Matthew 18

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This is Matthew 18 from the Christian New Testament, presented as a parallel text in three versions: the Greek New Testament (GNT), the King James Version (KJV), and the Latin Vulgate. The chapter records a series of teachings attributed to Jesus, addressing discipleship and community ethics within the early Christian tradition. The central argument begins with a question about greatness in the Kingdom of Heaven, which Jesus answers by pointing to childlike humility as the defining virtue — a striking inversion of conventional honor hierarchies. The chapter then addresses causing others to stumble (with severe warnings including the millstone imagery), the Parable of the Lost Sheep (emphasizing God's concern for each individual), and a structured process for handling interpersonal offenses within the community. It closes with Peter's question about the limits of forgiveness and Jesus's response — "seventy times seven" — illustrated by the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, which argues that receiving God's forgiveness obligates one to extend forgiveness to others. The parallel-column format, with Strong's concordance numbers embedded in the KJV column, marks this as a study or reference text aimed at readers doing word-level comparison across the Greek source and its major translations.

Polyglot Bible: Matthew: Matthew 18

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