Matthew 18:6-9 - Temptations To Sin

⁶ But whoever hinders one of these children who believe in me might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be sunk in the open sea. ⁷ Alas for the world for such hindrances! They have to come, but alas for the man who causes them! ⁸ "But if your own hand or your own foot makes you fall, cut it off and throw it away. You might better enter upon life maimed or crippled than keep both hands and feet but be thrown into the everlasting fire. ⁹ And if your own eye makes you fall, dig it out and throw it away. You might better enter upon life with only one eye than be thrown with both eyes into the fiery pit.

⁴² And whoever causes one of these humble believers to fall might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the sea. ⁴³ If your hand makes you fall, cut it off. You might better enter upon life maimed, than go with both your hands to the pit, into the fire that cannot be put out. ⁴⁴ OMITTED TEXT

⁴⁵ And if your foot makes you fall, cut it off. You might better enter upon life crippled, than be thrown with both your feet into the pit. ⁴⁶ OMITTED TEXT

⁴⁷ And if your eye makes you fall, tear it out. You might better get into the Kingdom of God with only one eye than be thrown with both your eyes into the pit, ⁴⁸ where the worm that feeds upon them never dies and the fire is never put out.

⁴⁹ Everyone must be seasoned with fire. ⁵⁰ Salt is a good thing, but if salt loses its strength, what will you use to season it? You must have salt within you, and live in peace with one another."