But whososhalloffend one of theselittleoneswhichbelieve in me, it werebetter for him that a millstonewerehangedabout his neck, and that he weredrowned in the depth of the sea.
Wherefore if thy hand or thy footoffendthee, cut them off, and castthemfromthee: it is better for thee to enterintolifehalt or maimed, ratherthanhaving two hands or two feet to be castintoeverlastingfire.
And if thine eye offendthee, pluck it out, and cast it fromthee: it is better for thee to enterintolifewith one eye, ratherthanhaving two eyes to be castintohellfire.
Takeheedthat ye despise not one of theselittleones; for I say unto you, That in heaventheirangels do alwaysbehold the face of my Fatherwhich is in heaven.
How think ye? if a man have an hundredsheep, and one of them be goneastray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goethinto the mountains, and seekeththatwhich is goneastray?
And if he shallneglect to hearthem, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be untothee as a heathen man and a publican.
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shallagree on earth as touching any thingthattheyshall ask, it shall be done for them of my Fatherwhich is in heaven.
But the sameservantwent out, and found one of his fellowservants, whichowed him an hundredpence: and he laidhands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me thatthouowest.