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Temptations to Sin

“If any of you cause one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,[a] it would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea.(A) Woe to the world because of things that cause sin![b] Such things are bound to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!(B)

“If your hand or your foot causes you to sin,[c] 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.(C) And if your eye causes you to sin,[d] 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[e] of fire.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 18.6 Or stumble
  2. 18.7 Or stumbling blocks
  3. 18.8 Or stumble
  4. 18.9 Or stumble
  5. 18.9 Gk Gehenna