018:007 "Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot
but come, but alas for each man through whom they come!
018:008 If your hand or your foot is causing you to fall into sin,
cut it off and away with it. It is better for you to enter
into Life crippled in hand or foot than to remain in possession
of two sound hands or feet but be thrown into the fire
of the Ages.
018:009 And if your eye is causing you to fall into sin, tear it out
and away with it; it is better for you to enter into Life
with only one eye, than to remain in possession of two eyes
but be thrown into the Gehenna of fire.
018:010 "Beware of ever despising one of these little ones, for I
tell you that in Heaven their angels have continual access
to my Father who is in Heaven.
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018:012 What do you yourselves think? Suppose a man gets a hundred sheep
and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine
on the hills and go and look for the one that is straying?
018:013 And if he succeeds in finding it, in solemn truth I tell you
that he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine
that have not gone astray.
018:014 Just so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one
of these little ones should be lost.
018:015 "If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point
out his fault to him when only you and he are there.
If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
018:016 But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or
two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested
by two or three witnesses.
018:017 If he refuses to hear them, appeal to the Church; and if