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"If your hand or your foot causes you to lose your faith, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life disabled or injured than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into everlasting fire.
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If your eye causes you to lose your faith, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hellfire.
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"Be careful not to despise these little ones. I can guarantee that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father, who is in heaven.
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"What do you think? Suppose a man has 100 sheep and one of them strays. Won't he leave the 99 sheep in the hills to look for the one that has strayed?
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I can guarantee this truth: If he finds it, he is happier about it than about the 99 that have not strayed.
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In the same way, your Father in heaven does not want one of these little ones to be lost.
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"If a believer does something wrong, go, confront him when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back that believer.
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But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you so that every accusation may be verified by two or three witnesses.
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If he ignores these witnesses, tell it to the community of believers. If he also ignores the community, deal with him as you would a heathen or a tax collector.
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I can guarantee this truth: Whatever you imprison, God will imprison. And whatever you set free, God will set free.