37. “Whoever receives one of these children in My name receives Me. And whoever receives Me receives not Me, but Him who sent Me.”
38. John answered Him, “Teacher, we saw one who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he was not following us.”
39. But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who does a miracle in My name can quickly speak evil of Me.
40. For he who is not against us is for us.
41. Truly I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, will not lose his reward.
42. “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
43. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched,
44. where ‘their worm does not die,and the fire is not quenched.’
45. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched,
46. where ‘their worm does not die,and the fire is not quenched.’