Luke 17:1-6

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."

Faith and Duty

5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."

6 "If you have faith the size of ^[e] a mustard seed," the Lord said, "you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.

Footnotes

• [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
• [e]. Lit faith like