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Matthew 18:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes! "
Matthew 18:7
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5 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.
7 “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
9 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.
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Matthew 18:1
"In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”"
Matthew 18:2
"Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them"
Matthew 18:3
"and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven."
Matthew 18:4
"Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven."
Matthew 18:5
"Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,"
Matthew 18:6
"but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea."
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