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
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