Matthew 18:7-11

Stumbling Blocks

7 "Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For ¹it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!

8 "²If 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 "³If 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 ⁴fiery hell.

10 "See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that ⁵their angels in heaven continually * see the face of My Father who is in heaven.

11 [ "⁶For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]

Cross References

• 1. Luke 17:1; 1 Corinthians 11:19; 1 Timothy 4:1
• 2. Matthew 5:30; Mark 9:43
• 3. Matthew 5:29; Mark 9:47
• 4. Matthew 5:22
• 5. Luke 1:19; Acts 12:15; Revelation 8:2
• 6. Luke 19:10

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "having;" Gr part.
• [b]. Lit "having;" Gr part.
• [c]. Lit "Gehenna of fire"
• [d]. Early mss do not contain this v