18:6 “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, 2 it would be better for him to have a huge millstone 3 hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea. 4 18:7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It 5 is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come. 18:8 If 6 your hand or your foot causes you to sin, 7 cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have 8 two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 18:9 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have 9 two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell. 10
18:10 “See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. 18:11 [[EMPTY]] 11 18:12 What do you think? If someone 12 owns a hundred 13 sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray? 14 18:13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, 15 he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. 18:14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.
18:15 “If 16 your brother 17 sins, 18 go and show him his fault 19 when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother. 18:16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established. 20 18:17 If 21 he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If 22 he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like 23 a Gentile 24 or a tax collector. 25