Luke 17:1-4

Warnings from Jesus

1 He said to His disciples, "Offenses [a] will certainly come, [b] but woe to the one they come through!
2 It would be better for him if a millstone [c] were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
3 Be on your guard. If your brother sins, [d] rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

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Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Or Traps, or Bait-sticks, or Causes of stumbling, or Causes of sin
  • [b]. Lit It is impossible for offenses not to come
  • [c]. Large stone used for grinding grains into flour
  • [d]. Other mss add against you
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