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Matthew 18:8-11
Contemporary English Version
Matthew 18:8-11
Contemporary English Version
8 (A) If your hand or foot causes you to sin, chop it off and throw it away! You would be better off to go into life paralyzed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the fire that never goes out. 9 (B) If your eye causes you to sin, poke it out and get rid of it. You would be better off to go into life with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fires of hell.
The Lost Sheep
(Luke 15.3-7)
10-11 (C) Don't be cruel to any of these little ones! I promise you their angels are always with my Father in heaven.[a]
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- 18.10,11 in heaven: Some manuscripts add, “The Son of Man came to save people who are lost.”
Matthew 18:8-10
New International Version
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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