Verš 1
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Mk 9:34 - But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
Lk 9:46 - Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
Lk 22:24 - And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
Verš 3
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except all of you be converted, and become as little children, all of you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Mt 19:14 - But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
1Kor 14:20 - Brethren, be not children in understanding: nevertheless in malice be all of you children, but in understanding be men.
1Pt 2:2 - As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that all of you may grow thereby:
Verš 4
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
1Pt 5:6 - Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Verš 5
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receives me.
Mk 9:37 - Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receives me: and whosoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him that sent me.
Lk 9:48 - And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receives me: and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
Jn 13:20 - "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receives whomsoever I send receives me; and he that receives me receives him that sent me. "
Verš 6
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Mk 9:42 - And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Lk 17:2 - It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Verš 7
"Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must essentially be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence comes! "
1Kor 11:19 - For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
Mt 26:24 - The Son of man goes as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Sk 2:23 - Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, all of you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Sk 4:27 - For truthfully against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
Verš 8
Wherefore if your hand or your foot offend you, cut them off, and cast them from you: it is better for you to enter into life halt or physically disabled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Dt 13:6 - "If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, which is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers; "
Mt 5:29 - And if your right eye offend you, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell.
Mk 9:43 - And if your hand offend you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life physically disabled, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Verš 10
"Take heed that all of you despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. "
Ž 34:7 - The angel of the LORD camps round about them that fear him, and delivers them.
Verš 11
For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost.
Lk 19:10 - For the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Verš 12
How think all of you? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine, and goes into the mountains, and seeks that which is gone astray?
Lk 15:4 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Verš 15
Moreover if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he shall hear you, you have gained your brother.
Lv 19:17 - You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall in any way rebuke your neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Prís 17:10 - A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Lk 17:3 - "Take heed to yourselves: If your brother trespass against you, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. "
Jak 5:19 - "Brethren, if any of you do go astray from the truth, and one convert him; "
Verš 16
But if he will not hear you, then take with you one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word (o. rhema) may be established.
Nm 35:30 - Whoso kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Dt 17:6 - "At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. "
Dt 19:15 - One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Jn 8:17 - It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
2Kor 13:1 - This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word (o. rhema) be established.
Heb 10:28 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Verš 17
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto you as an heathen man and a publican.
2Sol 3:14 - And if any man obey not our word (o. logos) by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
1Kor 5:9 - I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
2Sol 3:14 - And if any man obey not our word (o. logos) by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
Verš 18
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever all of you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever all of you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Mt 16:19 - And I will give unto you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Jn 20:23 - "Whomsoever sins all of you remit, they are remitted unto them; and whomsoever sins all of you retain, they are retained. "
Verš 35
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if all of you from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Mt 6:14 - For if all of you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Mk 11:26 - But if all of you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Jak 2:13 - "For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; and mercy rejoices against judgment. "
Verš 20
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Lk 24:15 - And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
Lk 24:36 - And as they thus spoke, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and says unto them, Peace be unto you.
Verš 21
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Lk 17:4 - "And if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day return to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him. "
Verš 22
Jesus says unto him, I say not unto you, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Mt 6:14 - For if all of you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Mk 11:25 - And when all of you stand praying, forgive, if all of you have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Kol 3:13 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do all of you.
Verš 25
But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Mt 5:25 - "Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. "
Mt 18,1-11 - Mk 9, 33–37.42–47; Lk 9, 46–48; 17, 1–2.
Mt 18,7 - Pohoršenie – zlé slovo, zlý príklad a vôbec všetko, čo iného zvádza na hriech. Vždy budú ľudia, ktorí svoju slobodu zneužijú na zlé.
Mt 18,11 - Tento verš je interpolácia z 19, 10. Neovulgáta ho vynecháva. V niektorých rukopisoch sa nachádza v znení: "Syn človeka totiž prišiel zachrániť, čo sa stratilo."
Mt 18,12-14 - Lk 15, 4–7.
Mt 18,16 - Porov. Dt 19, 15.
Mt 18,18 - Ako predtým (Mt 16, 19) prisľúbil Ježiš Petrovi najvyššiu moc v Cirkvi, teraz dáva celému zboru apoštolov zákonodarnú a sudcovskú moc. Táto moc prešla na nástupcov apoštolov – na biskupov, ktorých Boh ustanovil, aby spravovali jeho Cirkev (Sk 20, 28). Slová "nech ti je ako pohan a mýtnik" (v. 17) poukazujú na to, že Cirkev má moc neposlušníkov vyobcovať.
Mt 18,21-22 - Lk 17, 3–4.
Mt 18,24 - Desaťtisíc talentov alebo hrivien (talent ako najvyššia hmotnostná i peňažná jednotka v starom Grécku: 1 talent = 60 mín = 6 000 drachiem = 26,2 kg striebra) predstavuje obrovskú hodnotu.
Mt 18,28 - Denár – starorímska strieborná minca – predstavovala dennú mzdu robotníka vo vinici (Mt 20, 2). Sto denárov teda znamená omnoho menšiu podlžnosť oproti desaťtisíc talentom.
