Matthew 18:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
8 “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and to be thrown into the eternal fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into the hell[a] of fire.
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
10 “Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.[b]
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- Matthew 18:9 Gk Gehenna
- Matthew 18:10 Other ancient authorities add verse 11, For the Son of Man came to save the lost
Matthew 18:8-10
New International Version
8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble,(A) cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to stumble,(B) gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.(C)
The Parable of the Wandering Sheep(D)
10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels(E) in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
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