[a]Woe be unto the world because of offences, for it must needs be that [b]offences shall come, but woe be to that man by whom the offence cometh.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:7 A good man cannot but go through the midst of offences, yet he must cut off all occasion of offences.
  2. Matthew 18:7 Lets and hindrances which stop the course of good works. The Greek word importeth thus much, things which we stumble at.

Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!(A)

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42 (A)[a]And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones, that believe in me, it were better for him rather, that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were cast into the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:42 God is so severe a revenger of offenses, that it is better to suffer any loss, than to be an occasion of offense unto any.

Causing to Stumble

42 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble,(A) it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.(B)

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