Luke 17:1
Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
2 It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
3 Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
- KJV
- Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
- WEB
- He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!
- ASV
- And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!
- DARBY
- And he said to his disciples, It cannot be but that offences come, but woe [to him] by whom they come!
- BLB
- And He said to His disciples, “It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe [to him] through whom they come!
- ÅB
- Og han sa til sine disipler: Det er umulig annet enn at forførelser må komme; men ve den som de kommer fra!
- OTB
- Jesus sa til disiplene sine: "Det er uunngåelig at snublesteiner vil komme, men ve den personen gjennom hvem de kommer!
- B1930
- Og han sa til sine disipler: Det er umulig annet enn at forførelser må komme; men ve den som de kommer fra!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 18:7
Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
Read in contextRomans 14:13
Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
Read in context1 Corinthians 11:19
And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
Read in contextRomans 16:17
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
Read in contextMatthew 16:23
But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:32
Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
Read in contextRomans 14:20–21
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
Read in context