Luke 17:1
Then he said to the disciples, It is certain that stumbling blocks will come: but woe to him through whom they come!
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Matthew 18:7Woe to the world because of temptations! for it must be that temptations come; but woe to that man by whom the temptation comes!
Romans 14:20Do not destroy the work of God for food. All things indeed are pure; but it is wrong for a man to cause another to fall by what he eats.
1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if food makes my brother fall, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother fall.
1 Corinthians 11:19For there must be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be made evident among you.
Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, that they might eat things sacrificed to idols, and commit sexual immorality.
Revelation 13:14And deceives those who live on the earth by the miracles which he had the power to do in the sight of the beast; bidding those who live on the earth to make an image in honour of the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and yet 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 →