Luke 17:1
Jesus said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that causes of stumbling should come; but alas for him through whom they come!
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Matthew 18:7"Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot but come, but alas for each man through whom they come!
Romans 14:20Do not for food's sake be throwing down God's work. All food is pure; but a man is in the wrong if his food is a snare to others.
1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore if what I eat causes my brother to fall, never again to the end of my days will I touch any kind of animal food, for fear I should cause my brother to fall.
1 Corinthians 11:19For there must of necessity be differences of opinion among you, in order that it may be plainly seen who are the men of sterling worth among you.
Revelation 2:14Yet I have a few things against you, because you have with you some that cling to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block in the way of the descendants of Israel--to eat what had been sacrificed to idols, and commit fornication.
Revelation 13:14And his power of leading astray the inhabitants of the earth is due to the marvels which he has been permitted to work in the presence of the Wild Beast. And he told the inhabitants of the earth to erect a statue to the Wild Beast who had received the sword-stroke and yet had recovered.
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 →