3. and said, “Amen, I tell you, unless you turn and become like children, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven.
4. Whoever then shall humble himself like this child, this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5. And whoever welcomes one such child in My name, welcomes Me.
6. “But whoever causes one of these little ones who trust in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck and to be sunk in the depth of the sea!
7. Woe to the world because of snares! For snares must come, but woe to that man through whom the snare comes!
8. “And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. It’s better for you to enter into life crippled or lame than, having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into fiery Gehenna.
9. If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. It’s better for you to enter into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to be thrown into fiery Gehenna.
10. “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father in heaven.