Luke 17:1
Then He said to the disciples: “Things that cause people to fall are bound to come, but woe to him through whom they do come!
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Matthew 18:7Woe to the world because of offenses! Now it is necessary that offenses come, but woe to that person by whom the offense comes!
Romans 14:20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are ‘clean’; however it is wrong for the man who gives offence by eating.
1 Corinthians 8:13So then, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never eat meat again, lest I cause my brother to fall.
1 Corinthians 11:19For there would really need to be factions among you so that the ‘approved’ ones may be recognized among you.
Revelation 2:14“ ‘Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you have there adepts of the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things offered to idols and to fornicate.
Revelation 13:14And he deceives my own people, those dwelling on the earth, by the signs that it was given to him to perform before the Beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the Beast who had the sword wound and lived.
Matthew Henry on Luke 17:1
In this chapter we have, I. Some particular discourses which Christ had with his disciples, in which he teaches them to take heed of giving offence, and to forgive the injuries done them ( ver. 1-4 ), encourages them to pray for the increase of their faith ( ver. 5, 6 ), and then teaches them humility, whatever service they had done for God, ver. 7-10 . II. His cleansing ten lepers, and the thanks he had from one of them only, and he a Samaritan, ver. 11-19 . III. His discourse with his disciples, upon occasion of… Read the whole commentary →