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1 Jesus said to his disciples, "Things that cause people to trip and fall into sin must happen, but how terrible it is for the person through whom they happen.
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Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.
2 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.
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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.
3 Watch yourselves! If your brother or sister sins, warn them to stop. If they change their hearts and lives, forgive them.
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So watch yourselves. “If your brother or sistersins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them.
4 Even if someone sins against you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times and says, ‘I am changing my ways,' you must forgive that person."
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Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”
5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
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The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
6 The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
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He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
7 "Would any of you say to your servant, who had just come in from the field after plowing or tending sheep, ‘Come! Sit down for dinner'?
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“Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’?
8 Wouldn't you say instead, ‘Fix my dinner. Put on the clothes of a table servant and wait on me while I eat and drink. After that, you can eat and drink'?
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Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’?
9 You won't thank the servant because the servant did what you asked, will you?
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Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do?
10 In the same way, when you have done everything required of you, you should say, ‘We servants deserve no special praise. We have only done our duty.'"
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So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’ ”
11 On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
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Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
12 As he entered a village, ten men with skin diseases approached him. Keeping their distance from him,
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As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance
13 they raised their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, show us mercy!"
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and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”
14 When Jesus saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." As they left, they were cleansed.
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When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
15 One of them, when he saw that he had been healed, returned and praised God with a loud voice.
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One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice.
16 He fell on his face at Jesus' feet and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.
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He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus replied, "Weren't ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
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Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
18 No one returned to praise God except this foreigner?"
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Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?”
19 Then Jesus said to him, "Get up and go. Your faith has healed you."
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Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”
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