And if your eye causes your downfall, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, rather than to have two eyes and be thrown into hellfire![a](A)

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

10 “See that you don’t look down on one of these little ones,(B) because I tell you that in heaven their angels(C) continually view the face of My Father in heaven.(D) [11 For the Son of Man(E) has come to save the lost.][b]

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  1. Matthew 18:9 Lit gehenna of fire
  2. Matthew 18:11 Other mss omit bracketed text

And if your eye causes you to stumble,(A) gouge 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 the fire of hell.(B)

The Parable of the Wandering Sheep(C)

10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels(D) in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. [11] [a]

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  1. Matthew 18:11 Some manuscripts include here the words of Luke 19:10.