Warning to Rich Oppressors

5 Now listen,^(A) you rich people,^(B) weep and wail^(C) because of the misery that is coming on you. ² Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.^{(D) 3} Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.^{(E) 4} Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers^(F) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries^(G) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.^{(H) 5} You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves^(I) in the day of slaughter.^{[a](J) 6} You have condemned and murdered^(K) the innocent one,^(L) who was not opposing you.

⁴¹ Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.^(A)

Causing to Stumble

⁴² “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble,^(B) it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.^{(C) 43} If your hand causes you to stumble,^(D) cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell,^(E) where the fire never goes out.^{(F) [44] [a] 45} And if your foot causes you to stumble,^(G) cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.^{(H) [46] [b] 47} And if your eye causes you to stumble,^(I) pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,^{(J) 48} where

⁴⁹ Everyone will be salted^(L) with fire.

⁵⁰ “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again?^(M) Have salt among yourselves,^(N) and be at peace with each other.”^(O)