[a]Woe be unto the world because of offences, for it must needs be that [b]offences shall come, but woe be to that man by whom the offence cometh.

(A)Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot cause thee to [c]offend, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life, halt, or maimed, than having two hands, or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.

And if thine eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:7 A good man cannot but go through the midst of offences, yet he must cut off all occasion of offences.
  2. Matthew 18:7 Lets and hindrances which stop the course of good works. The Greek word importeth thus much, things which we stumble at.
  3. Matthew 18:8 See Matt. 5:29.

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