12 If you would enter through the kingdom gate you must be humble as this little child.
13 Hear me, you men, This child, as every other child, has one to plead its cause before the throne of God.
14 You scorn it at your peril, men, for lo, I say, its counterpart beholds the face of God at every moment, every day.
15 And hear me once again, He who shall cause a little one to stumble and to fall is marked, accursed; and it were better far if he had drowned himself.
16 Behold, offenses everywhere! Men find occasions for to sin and fall, and they grow strong by rising when they fall;
17 But woe to him who causes other men to stumble and to fall.
18 Be on your guard, you men of God, lest you constrain another man to fall; beware lest you fall into sinful ways yourselves.
19 Now, if your hands cause you to sin, you better cut them off; for it is better far to have no hands and not be guilty in the sight of God and men, than to be perfect in your form and lose your soul.
20 And if your feet should cause offense, you better cut them off; for it is better far to enter into life without your feet than fall beneath the curse.
21 And if your eyes, or ears, cause you to sin, you better lose them all than lose your soul.