Matthew 18:1-11

Rank in the Kingdom

1 ¹At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, "²Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

2 And He called a child to Himself and set him before * them,

3 and said, "Truly I say to you, unless * you are converted and ³become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

4 "Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 "And whoever * receives one such child in My name receives Me;

6 but ⁴whoever * ⁵causes 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.

Stumbling Blocks

7 "Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For ⁶it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!

8 "⁷If 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.

9 "⁸If 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 ⁹fiery hell.

10 "See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that ¹⁰their angels in heaven continually * see the face of My Father who is in heaven.

11 [ "¹¹For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]

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