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Matthew 18:9-10
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Matthew 18:9-10
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
9 And if your eye causes you to sin,[a] pluck it out and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell[b][c] of fire.
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.[d]
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- Matthew 18:9 Greek causes . . . to stumble
- Matthew 18:9 Greek Gehenna
- 18.9 Gehenna (see footnote b) was the name of a valley south of Jerusalem where human sacrifice had once been practiced; cf. 2 Chron 33.6. Later it became a cursed place and a refuse dump, and the name came to symbolize the Christian place of punishment.
- Matthew 18:10 Other ancient authorities add verse 11, For the Son of man came to save the lost
Matthew 18:9-11
New International Version
Matthew 18:9-11
New International Version
9 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]
Footnotes
- Matthew 18:11 Some manuscripts include here the words of Luke 19:10.
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