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Luke 17:2
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KJ21
It were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall.
ASV
It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
AMP
It would be better for him if a millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] were hung around his neck and he were hurled into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble [in sin and lose faith].
AMPC
It would be more profitable for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were hurled into the sea than that he should cause to sin or be a snare to one of these little ones [lowly in rank or influence].
BRG
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
CSB
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
CSBA
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
CEB
It would be better for them to be thrown into a lake with a large stone hung around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to trip and fall into sin.
CJB
It would be to his advantage that he have a millstone hung around his neck and he be thrown into the sea, rather than that he ensnare one of these little ones.
CEV
would be better off thrown into the ocean with a heavy stone tied around their neck.
DARBY
It would be [more] profitable for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should be a snare to one of these little ones.
DLNT
It would be better for him if a mill’s stone were lying-around his neck and he had been thrown-off into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall.
DRA
It were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these little ones.
ERV
It will be very bad for anyone who makes one of these little children sin. It would be better for them to have a millstone tied around their neck and be drowned in the sea.
EASY
These other people may not seem to be important. But you must not make them do wrong things. Do not do that! It would be better if someone tied a big stone round your neck, and then he threw you into the sea.
EHV
It would be better for that person if a millstone would be hung around his neck and he would be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
ESV
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
ESVUK
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
EXB
It would be better for ·you [L him; that person] to be thrown into the sea with a ·large [L mill] stone around ·your [L his] neck than to cause one of these little ones to ·sin [stumble].
GNV
It is better for him that a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were cast into the sea, then that he should offend one of these little ones.
GW
It would be best for that person to be thrown into the sea with a large stone hung around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to lose his faith.
GNT
It would be better for him if a large millstone were tied around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
HCSB
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
ICB
It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large stone around his neck than to cause one of these weak people to sin.
ISV
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
PHILLIPS
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “It is inevitable that there should be pitfalls, but alas for the man who is responsible for them! It would be better for that man to have a mill-stone hung round his neck and be thrown into the sea, than that he should trip up one of these little ones. So be careful how you live. “If your brother offends you, take him to task about it, and if he is sorry, forgive him. Yes, if he wrongs you seven times in one day and turns to you and says, ‘I am sorry’ seven times, you must forgive him.”
JUB
It would be better for him if a millstone turned by an ass were placed around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
KJV
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
AKJV
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
LSB
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.
LEB
It would be better for him if a millstone is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea than that he causes one of these little ones to sin.
TLB
If he were thrown into the sea with a huge rock tied to his neck, he would be far better off than facing the punishment in store for those who harm these little children’s souls. I am warning you! “Rebuke your brother if he sins, and forgive him if he is sorry.
MSG
He said to his disciples, “Hard trials and temptations are bound to come, but too bad for whoever brings them on! Better to wear a concrete vest and take a swim with the fishes than give even one of these dear little ones a hard time!
MEV
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he was thrown into the sea, than to offend one of these little ones.
MOUNCE
It is better for him if a millstone is hung around · his neck and he is cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
NOG
It would be best for that person to be thrown into the sea with a large stone hung around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to lose his faith.
NABRE
It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
NASB
It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to sin.
NASB1995
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.
NCB
It would be better for him if a millstone were fastened around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
NCV
It would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with a large stone around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to sin.
NET
It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
NIRV
Suppose people lead one of these little ones to sin. It would be better for those people to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck.
NIV
It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
NIVUK
It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied round their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
NKJV
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
NLV
It would be better for him to have a large rock put around his neck and be thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
NLT
It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to fall into sin.
NMB
It would be better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck and that he were cast into the sea, than that he should hurt one of these little ones.
NRSVA
It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
NRSVACE
It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
NRSVCE
It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
NRSVUE
It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to sin.
NTFE
It would be better to have a millstone hung around your neck, and be thrown into the sea, than to trip up one of these little ones.
OJB
It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he had been thrown into the sea than that he should cause a michshol for these little ones.
RGT
“It would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
RSV
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
RSVCE
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
TLV
It would be better for him to have a millstone put around his neck and to be hurled into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
VOICE
It would be better if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
WEB
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
WE
A big stone should be tied around his neck and then he should be thrown into the sea. That would be better for him than to make one of these little children do wrong.
WYC
It is more profitable to him, if a millstone be put about his neck, and he be cast into the sea, than that he cause to stumble one of these little [than that he offend one of these little].
YLT
it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.
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