Matthew 18:1
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Matt 18:1
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At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
Matt 18:2
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And He called a child to Himself and set him before them,
Matt 18:3
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and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matt 18:4
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~"Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Matt 18:5
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~"And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me;
Matt 18:6
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but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
Matt 18:7
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"Woe to the world because of {its} stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!
Matt 18:8
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"If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire.
Matt 18:9
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~"If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell.
Matt 18:10
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"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
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