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And if your eye always focuses on things that cause you to sin, then pull your eye out and throw it away. It is better for you to see the kingdom of life with one eye than to see the fires of hell with perfect sight.

10 Make sure that you do not look down on the little ones, on those who are further behind you on the path of righteousness. For I tell you: they are watched over by those most beloved messengers who are always in the company of My Father in heaven. [11 The Son of Man has come to save all those who are lost.][a]

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  1. 18:11 The earliest manuscripts omit verse 11.

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.