18 ⁵ "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; 18 ⁶ but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

18 ⁷ "Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes! 18 ⁸ And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. 18 ⁹ And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.