Luke 17:1
And He said to the disciples, “It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe [to him] through whom they come;
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Matthew 18:7Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! For there is necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block comes!
Romans 14:20Do not cast down the work of God for the sake of food; all things, indeed, [are] pure, but evil [is] to the man who is eating through stumbling.
1 Corinthians 8:13for this reason, if food causes my brother to stumble, I may not eat flesh—throughout the age—that I may not cause my brother to stumble.
1 Corinthians 11:19for it is also necessary for sects to be among you, that those approved may become visible among you;
Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you: that you have there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;
Revelation 13:14and it leads astray those dwelling on the earth, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth to make an image to the beast that has the wound of the sword 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 →