Mateo 18

Haceos como niños

Around that time the disciples came to Jesus, and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” ²Jesus called over a small child. He had the child stand in front of them. ³“I tell you the truth, unless you change the way you think and become like little children, you won't ever enter the kingdom of heaven,” he told them.

⁴“But whoever humbles themselves and becomes like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵Whoever accepts a little child like this in my name accepts me.

No hacer tropezar

⁶But anyone who makes one of these little ones who trust in me sin, it would be better for them to have a large millstone tied around their neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea. ⁷What a disaster is coming on the world for all its temptations to sin! Temptations will surely come, but it will be a disaster for the person through whom the temptation comes! ⁸If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It's better for you to enter eternal life crippled or lame rather than to have two hands or two feet and to be thrown into eternal fire.

⁹If your eye causes you to sin, pull it out and throw it away. It's better for you to enter eternal life with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into the fire of Gehenna.

La parábola de la oveja perdida

¹⁰Make sure you don't look down on these little ones. I tell you that in heaven their angels are always with my heavenly Father. ¹¹What do you think about this? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders off, won't he leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that's wandered away? ¹²And if he finds it, I tell you he really rejoices over that sheep more than the ninety-nine that didn't wander away.

¹³In the same way my heavenly Father does not want any of these little ones to be lost. ¹⁴If a brother sins against you, go and point out the wrong to him, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you've won your brother over.

Cuando un hermano peca

¹⁵But if he doesn't listen, then take one or two more people with you, so that by two or three witnesses the truth can be confirmed. ¹⁶If, however, he refuses to listen to them, then tell the church. If he refuses to listen to the church as well, then treat him as a foreigner and a tax collector. ¹⁷I tell you the truth, whatever you ban on earth will have been banned in heaven, and whatever you allow on earth will have been allowed in heaven.

¹⁸I also tell you that if two of you agree here on earth about something you're praying for, then my heavenly Father will do it for you.

Donde dos se ponen de acuerdo

¹⁹For where two or three gather together in my name, I'm there with them.” ²⁰Peter came to Jesus and asked him, “Lord, how many times should I forgive my brother for sinning against me? Seven times?”

El siervo que no perdonó

²¹“No, not seven times. I would say seventy times seven!” Jesus told him. ²²“This is why the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with those servants who owed him money. ²³As he began to settle accounts, one servant was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

²⁴Since he didn't have the money to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all his possessions, so that the debt could be paid back. ²⁵The servant fell down on his knees and said to his master, ‘Please be patient with me! I will pay everything back!’ ²⁶The master took pity on the servant, released him, and canceled the debt.

²⁷But when that same servant went out he found one of his fellow-servants who owed him just a hundred denarii. He grabbed him by the neck and choked him, saying, ‘Pay me back what you owe me!’ ²⁸His fellow-servant threw himself down at the man's feet and begged him, ‘Please be patient with me! I will pay you back!’ ²⁹But the man refused, and went and threw his fellow-servant into prison until he paid back what he owed.

³⁰When the other servants saw what took place they were shocked and upset. They went and told their master everything that had happened. ³¹Then the master called the man back in and told him, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you all your debt because you begged me to. ³²Shouldn't you have been merciful to your fellow-servant as well, just as I was merciful to you?’ ³³His master became angry and handed him over to the jailors until he had repaid all the debt.

³⁴This is what my heavenly Father will do to every one of you unless you sincerely forgive your brothers.”