Lucas 17:1

El pecado, la fe y el deber

1 Luego dijo Jesús a sus discípulos:—Los tropiezos son inevitables, pero ¡ay de aquel que los ocasiona!

Lucas 17:1 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 17:1

Then said he unto his disciples
In the Alexandrian copy, and in "three" of Beza's exemplars it is read, "his disciples"; and so read the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; that is, Jesus said to his disciples what follows, as the Syriac and Persic versions express, and the latter reads, he said "again". About the time that he delivered the above parable concerning the rich man and Lazarus, he repeated to his disciples what he had before said to them on another occasion, ( Matthew 18:7 )

it is impossible but that offences will come;
considering the decree of God, the malice of Satan, the wickedness of men, the corruption both of their principles and practices. The Ethiopic version renders it, "temptation will come"; that which will be trying to the faith of the saints, and a stumblingblock to weak minds, as reproach and persecution, errors, and heresies, and the evil lives of professors:

but woe [unto him] through whom they come;
(See Gill on Matthew 18:7)

Lucas 17:1 In-Context

1 Luego dijo Jesús a sus discípulos:—Los tropiezos son inevitables, pero ¡ay de aquel que los ocasiona!

2 Más le valdría ser arrojado al mar con una piedra de molino atada al cuello, que servir de tropiezo a uno solo de estos pequeños.

3 Así que, ¡cuídense!»Si tu hermano peca, repréndelo; y si se arrepiente, perdónalo.

4 Aun si peca contra ti siete veces en un día, y siete veces regresa a decirte “Me arrepiento”, perdónalo.

5 Entonces los apóstoles le dijeron al Señor:—¡Aumenta nuestra fe!