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Luke 17:1

Jesus said to his disciples, “It is certain there will be things that can cause us to sin, but woe to that person through whom they come!

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Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

In Context

2It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:7Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! For it is necessary that those stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom those stumbling blocks come!

Romans 14:20Do not destroy the work of God because of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is evil for that person who eats and causes him to stumble.

1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause my brother to fall.

1 Corinthians 11:19For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you: You have there some who hold tightly to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and be sexually immoral.

Revelation 13:14By the signs it was permitted to do, it deceived those who lived on the earth. It told them to make an image in honor of the beast that had the sword wound but 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 →

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