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Matthew 18:8-10
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Matthew 18:8-10
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
8 But if your hand or your foot is causing you to fall, cut it off and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter into life crippled or lame than to be thrown into the eternal fire having two hands or two feet. 9 And if your eye is causing you to fall, tear it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter into life one-eyed than to be thrown into the Gehenna[a] of fire having two eyes.
Don’t Look Down On These Little Ones. God Does Not Want One of Them Lost
10 “See that you do not look-down-upon[b] one of these little ones. For I say to you that their angels in the heavens are continually seeing[c] the face of My Father in the heavens.
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- Matthew 18:9 That is, fiery hell, equivalent to eternal fire in v 8.
- Matthew 18:10 Or, despise, disregard, treat with contempt, because you think of yourself as greater than them.
- Matthew 18:10 That is, they have continual access to God.
Matthew 18:8-10
New International Version
Matthew 18:8-10
New International Version
8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble,(A) cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to stumble,(B) 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.(C)
The Parable of the Wandering Sheep(D)
10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels(E) in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
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