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Matthew 18:7

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5 And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.

6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

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BSB
Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
KJV
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
WEB
“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
ASV
Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!
DARBY
Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!
BLB
Woe to the world because of the stumbling blocks. For [it is] a necessity that the stumbling blocks come, but woe to the man through whom the stumbling block comes!
ÅB
«Ve denne verden, på grunn av dens forførelser! For forførelser må komme; men ve det menneske som forførelsen kommer fra!
OTB
«Ve verden på grunn av de tingene som får folk til å snuble! Slike ting må nødvendigvis komme, men ve den personen som de kommer gjennom!
B1930
Ve verden for forførelser! for forførelser må komme; men ve det menneske som forførelsen kommer fra!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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!

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  • 1 Corinthians 11:19

    And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.

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  • Matthew 26:24

    The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

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  • 1 Timothy 4:1–3

    Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

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  • Jude 1:4

    For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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  • 2 Timothy 3:1–5

    But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

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  • Jude 1:11–13

    Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

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  • 2 Peter 2:15–17

    They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

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