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5 And he who will welcome one like this little boy, in my name, welcomes me.
6 And whoever misleads one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him that an assÆ millstone were hanged on his neck and he were sunk in the depths of the sea.
7 Woe to the world because of offences! Offences are bound to come; but woe to the man by whose hand the offences come!
8 If your hand or your foot offends you, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is much better for you to go through life lamed or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, and fall into the everlasting fire.
9 And if your eye offends you, remove it and throw it away from you; it is better for you to go through life with one eye, rather than having two eyes and fall into the gehenna of fire.
10 See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you, their angels always see the face of my Father in heaven.
11 For the Son of man has come to save what was lost.
12 What do you think? If a man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them is lost, would he not leave the ninety and nine on the mountain, and go in search of the one which is lost?
13 And if he should find it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety and nine which were not lost.
14 Even so, your Father in heaven does not want one of these little ones to be lost.
15 Now then, if your brother is at fault with you, go and rebuke him alone; if he listens to you, then you have won your brother.
16 But if he will not listen to you, take one or two with you, because at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word is sustained.
17 And if he will not listen to them, tell the congregation; and if he will not listen to the congregation, then regard him as a publican and a heathen.