If anyone gives you a drink of water because you belong to Christ, truly, I say to you, he will not go without reward
Gospel
text (Mc 9,41-50): Jesus
said to his disciples: «If anyone gives you a drink of water because you belong
to Christ and bear his name, truly, I say to you, he will not go without
reward. If anyone should cause one of these little ones who believe in me to
stumble and sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a
great millstone around his neck. If your hand makes you fall into sin, cut it
off! It is better for you to enter life without a hand than with two hands to
go to hell, to the fire that never goes out. And if your foot makes you fall
into sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter life without a foot than
with both feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye makes you fall into sin,
tear it out! It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye
than, keeping both eyes, to be thrown into hell where the worms that eat them
never die, and the fire never goes out. The fire itself will preserve them.
Salt is a good thing; but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty
again? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another».
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