{"id":9764,"date":"2024-08-27T12:46:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T16:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9764"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:28:37","slug":"matthew-18-causing-to-stumble","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9764","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Chapter 18 Causing to Stumble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fd0101\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cIf anyone causes one of these little ones\u2014those who believe in me\u2014to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.\u00a0<sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!\u00a0<sup>8\u00a0<\/sup>If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble,\u00a0cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.\u00a0<sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>And if your eye causes you to stumble,\u00a0gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.<\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6\u00a0\u201cIf anyone causes one of these little ones\u2014those who believe in me\u2014to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.\u00a07\u00a0Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! 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