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In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

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And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them,

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And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

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Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:

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But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

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A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.

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And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire.

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And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.