Luke 17:1
AND Jeshu said to his disciples, It cannot be that offences should not come, but woe to him by whom they shall come.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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Matthew 18:7Woe to the world from causes of offence! for it is unavoidable that causes of offence will come;
Romans 14:20and not for the sake of meats undo the work of Aloha. For each thing is pure, yet evil is it to the man who eateth with offence.
1 Corinthians 8:13On this account, if meat cause my brother to stumble, I will never (more) eat flesh, that I may not cause my brother to stumble.
1 Corinthians 11:19For it is to be that contentions be among you, that they who are approved with you may be known.
Revelation 2:14But I have against thee a little, because thou hast there those who hold the doctrine of Belam, who taught Balok to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat that which the sons of idols (eat), and to commit fornication.
Revelation 13:14And he will seduce those who dwell upon earth to the making an image of the beast of prey who had 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 →