6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to 18:6 Or stumble, and so throughout the chsin, it is better for him that a 18:6 Lit millstone turned by a donkeyheavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Stumbling Blocks
7 "Woe to the world because of its 18:7 I.e., enticements to sin stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that 18:7 I.e., enticements to sin stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person through whom the 18:7 I.e., enticements to sin stumbling block comes!
8 "And if your hand or your foot is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; it is better for you to enter life maimed or without a foot, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.9 And if your eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into the 18:9 Lit Gehenna of firefiery hell.