15 If the foot says, “Since I’m not a hand, I’m not part of the body,” is it therefore not part of the body?
16 And if the ear says, “Since I’m not an eye, I’m not part of the body,” is it for this reason any less part of the body?
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
18 But now God has placed the parts—each one of them—in the body just as He desired.
19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20 But now there are many parts, yet one body.
21 The eye cannot tell the hand, “I don’t need you!” or in turn the head to the feet, “I don’t need you!”