Bible Cross References
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Matthew 18:5-17
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And whoever receives one such little child in My name, receives Me.
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"But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone be hanged on his neck, and he be drowned in the depth of the sea.
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Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man through whom the offense comes!
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And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut them off and cast [them] from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, than having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire.
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And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, than having two eyes, to be thrown into the fiery hell.
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"See that you do not despise one of these little [ones], for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
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For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
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What do you think? If a certain man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, and go and search for the [one] gone astray?
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And if he happens to find it, assuredly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray.
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Thus it is not the will before your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
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"And if your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have won your brother.
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But if he does not hear, take along with you one or two more, so that 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.'
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But if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the assembly. But if he refuses even to hear the assembly, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax collector.
a secret to another
Proverbs 11:13
A double-tongued man discloses the secret counsels of an assembly, but he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters.
Proverbs 20:19
[This translation omits this verse.]