If the foot says, “Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.
King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, “A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn.
For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.
And if the ear says, “Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.