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If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
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And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
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Causing to Stumble
“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
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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 crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
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And if your eye causes you to stumble, 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.
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The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”
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The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
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She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.
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Causing to Stumble
“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.
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If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.
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And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
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And if your eye causes you to stumble, 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,
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The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
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And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.’”
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but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
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But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.
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It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
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When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”
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His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.”
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You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
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It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.
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But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.
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But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
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I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
