3. and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become as little children, you shall by no means enter into the reign of the heavens.
4. “Whoever then humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the reign of the heavens.
5. “And whoever receives one little child like this in My Name receives Me.
6. “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it is better for him that a millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea.
7. “Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks! For it is necessary that stumbling-blocks come, but woe to that man by whom the stumbling-block comes!
8. “And if your hand or foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the everlasting fire.
9. “And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be thrown into the fire of Gehenna.
10. “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in the heavens their messengers always see the face of My Father who is in the heavens.
11. “For the Son of Aḏam has come to save what was lost.
12. “What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, would he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, going to seek the one that is straying?
13. “And if he should find it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
14. “Thus it is not the desire of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should be lost.
15. “And if your brother sins against you, go and reprove him, between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
16. “But if he does not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be established.’