It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.

He also told them a parable: “Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”

And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil’s trap.

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

He said to them, “Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?