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Luke 17:1-6
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Sin, Faith, Duty
1 Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.
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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.
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So watch yourselves. “If your brother or sister[a] sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them.
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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.”
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The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
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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.
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- [a]. The Greek word for "brother or sister" ("adelphos" ) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman.
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