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If anyone accepts a child like this because of me, that person also accepts me.’

Jesus said, ‘A person who believes in me may not seem important. But you should never make that person do wrong things.[a] Do not do that! It would be better for you if someone tied a big stone round your neck. Then you would sink deep down into the sea and die. Some things in this world will cause people to do wrong things. You can be sure that bad things will happen. But it will be very bad for the person who makes these things happen.

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  1. 18:6 The person might be someone who does not believe well in God. Or he may be a child. It would be better to die than to cause someone to stop obeying God.