³⁸^fJohn said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone ^gcasting out demons in your name,⁶ and ^hwe tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” ³⁹But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. ⁴⁰ⁱFor the one who is not against us is for us. ⁴¹For truly, I say to you, ^jwhoever gives you a cup of water to drink because⁷ you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.

Temptations to Sin

⁴²^k“Whoever causes one of ^lthese little ones who believe in me to sin,⁸ ^mit would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. ⁴³ⁿAnd if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to ^ohell,⁹ to ^pthe unquenchable fire.¹⁰ ⁴⁵^qAnd 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 ^ohell. ⁴⁷^rAnd if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into ^shell, ⁴⁸‘where ^ttheir worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’

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Footnotes

6Some manuscripts add who does not follow us
7Greek in name that
8Greek to stumble; also verses 43, 45, 47
9Greek Gehenna; also verse 47
10Some manuscripts add verses 44 and 46 (which are identical with verse 48)

Cross references

fFor ver. 38–40, see Luke 9:49, 50
gch. 16:17; Matt. 7:22; Luke 10:17; Acts 19:13; [Matt. 12:27]
h[Num. 11:28]
i[Matt. 12:30; Luke 11:23]
jSee Matt. 10:42
k Matt. 18:6; Luke 17:2; [1 Cor. 8:12]
l[Zech. 13:7]
m[ch. 14:21]
n Matt. 5:30; 18:8
oSee Matt. 5:22, 29
pver. 48; Matt. 3:12; See Matt. 25:41
q Matt. 18:8
o[See ver. 43 above]
r Matt. 5:29; 18:9
sSee Matt. 5:22, 29
t Isa. 66:24