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

¹V tú istú hodinu pristúpili učeníci k Ježišovi a povedali: Kto je tedy väčší v nebeskom kráľovstve?

²And Jesus having called a little child to [him], set it in their midst,

²A Ježiš privolajúc si dieťa postavil ho do prostredku medzi nich

³and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

³a povedal: Ameň vám hovorím, keď sa neobrátite a nebudete jako deti, nevojdete nikdy do nebeského kráľovstva.

⁴Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, *he* is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens;

⁴Ktokoľvek sa tedy poníži jako toto dieťa, to je ten väčší v nebeskom kráľovstve.

⁵and whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receives me.

⁵A ktokoľvek by prijal jedno takéto dieťa v mojom mene, mňa prijíma,

⁶But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.

⁶a ktokoľvek by pohoršil jedného z týchto maličkých, veriacich vo mňa, tomu by bolo užitočnejšie, aby bol zavesený oslí žernov na jeho šiju, a aby bol ponorený do hlbiny mora.

⁷Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!

⁷Beda svetu pre pohoršenia. Lebo pohoršenia musia prijsť, ale beda človekovi, skrze ktorého prichádza pohoršenie.

⁸And if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off and cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, [rather] than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.

⁸A jestli ťa pohoršuje tvoja ruka alebo tvoja noha, odtni ju a zahoď od seba. Lepšie ti je, aby si vošiel do života chromý alebo okyptený, než aby si mal dve ruky a dve nohy a bol uvrhnutý do večného ohňa.

⁹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, [rather] than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

⁹A jestli ťa pohoršuje tvoje oko, vylúp ho a zahoď od seba. Lepšie ti je, aby si vošiel do života jednooký, než aby si mal dve oči a bol uvrhnutý do ohnivého pekla.

¹⁰See that ye do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you that their angels in [the] heavens continually behold the face of my Father who is in [the] heavens.

¹⁰Hľaďte, aby ste neopovrhli niktorým z týchto maličkých! Lebo vám hovorím, že ich anjelia v nebesiach ustavične hľadia na tvár môjho Otca, ktorý je v nebesiach.

¹¹For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost.

¹¹Lebo Syn človeka prišiel, aby spasil to, čo bolo zahynulo.

¹²What think ye? If a certain man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine on the mountains, go and seek the one that has gone astray?

¹²Čo sa vám zdá, keby mal niektorý človek sto oviec, a keby jedna z nich zablúdila, či nezanechá tých deväťdesiatdeväť na vrchoch a nejde a nehľadá tej zablúdilej?

¹³And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray.

¹³A keď sa stane, že ju najde, ameň vám hovorím, že sa jej viacej raduje ako tým deväťdesiatim deviatim nepoblúdilým.

¹⁴So it is not the will of your Father who is in [the] heavens that one of these little ones should perish.

¹⁴Zrovna tak, nie je vôľa vašeho Otca, ktorý je v nebesiach, aby zahynulo čo len jedno z týchto maličkých.

¹⁵But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

¹⁵A keby zhrešil proti tebe tvoj brat, idi potresci ho medzi sebou a ním samým. Keď ťa počúvne, získal si svojho brata.

¹⁶But if he do not hear [thee], take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.

¹⁶A keby nepočúvnul, pojmi so sebou ešte jedného alebo dvoch, aby na ústach dvoch svedkov alebo troch bolo postavené každé slovo.

¹⁷But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer.

¹⁷A keby ich nepočúvnul, povedz to cirkvi; a keby nepočúvnul ani cirkvi, nech ti je ako pohan a publikán.

¹⁸Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on the earth shall be loosed in heaven.

¹⁸Ameň vám hovorím: Všetko, čo by ste sviazali na zemi, bude sviazané aj na nebi; a všetko, čo by ste rozviazali na zemi, bude rozviazané aj na nebi.

¹⁹Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they shall ask, it shall come to them from my Father who is in [the] heavens.

¹⁹A zase vám hovorím, že keď sa dvaja z vás shodnú na zemi o jakejkoľvek veci, za ktorú by prosili, stane sa im od môjho Otca, ktorý je v nebesiach.

²⁰For where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of them.

²⁰Lebo kde sú dvaja alebo traja shromaždení v mojom mene, tam som i ja v ich strede.

²¹Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?

²¹Vtedy pristúpil k nemu Peter a povedal: Pane, koľko ráz zhreší proti mne môj brat, a odpustím mu? Či do sedem ráz?

²²Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

²²Ježiš mu rečie: Nehovorím ti, že do sedem ráz, ale až do sedemdesiatsedem ráz.

²³For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.

²³Preto je podobné nebeské kráľovstvo človeku kráľovi, ktorý sa chcel porátať so svojimi sluhami.

²⁴And having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him.

²⁴A keď začal rátať, privedený mu bol jeden dlžník, ktorý mu bol dlžen desať tisíc hrivien.

²⁵But he not having anything to pay, [his] lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should be made.

²⁵Ale, že nemal ako zaplatiť, rozkázal ho jeho pán predať i jeho ženu i deti i všetko, čo mal, a zaplatiť.

²⁶The bondman therefore falling down did him homage, saying, Lord, have patience with me and I will pay thee all.

²⁶Tedy padnul pred ním sluha, klaňal sa mu a hovoril: Pane, pozhovej mi, a všetko ti zaplatím.

²⁷And the lord of that bondman, being moved with compassion, loosed him and forgave him the loan.

²⁷A pán toho sluhu, milosrdenstvom hnutý, prepustil ho a dlžobu mu odpustil.

²⁸But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay [me] if thou owest anything.

²⁸Ale ten istý sluha vyjdúc našiel jedného zo svojich spolusluhov, ktorý mu bol dlžen sto denárov, a pochytil ho a hrdúsil hovoriac: Zaplať mi, čo si dlžen!

²⁹His fellow-bondman therefore, having fallen down [at his feet], besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.

²⁹Tedy padnul jeho spolusluha k jeho nohám, prosil ho a hovoril: Pozhovej mi a všetko ti zaplatím.

³⁰But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing.

³⁰Ale on nechcel, lež odišiel a hodil ho do žalára, dokiaľ by nezaplatil toho, čo bol dlžen.

³¹But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what had taken place, were greatly grieved, and went and recounted to their lord all that had taken place.

³¹A keď videli jeho spolusluhovia, čo sa stalo, zarmútili sa veľmi a prišli a porozprávali svojmu pánovi všetko, čo sa stalo.

³²Then his lord, having called him to [him], says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me;

³²Vtedy si ho zavolal jeho pán a povedal mu: Zlý sluha, všetok ten dlh som ti odpustil, pretože si ma prosil;

³³shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as *I* also had compassion on thee?

³³či si sa teda i ty nemal zmilovať nad svojím spolusluhom, ako som sa i ja zmiloval nad tebou?

³⁴And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors till he paid all that was owing to him.

³⁴A jeho pán, rozhnevaný, vydal ho mučiteľom, dokiaľ by nezaplatil všetkého, čo mu bol dlžen.

³⁵Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother.

³⁵Tak i môj nebeský Otec učiní vám, keď neodpustíte jeden každý svojmu bratovi zo srdca ich previnení.