1 And he said to his disciples, "It is impossible for causes for stumbling not to come, but woe [to him] through whom they come!
2
It would be better for him if {a millstone} is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea than that he causes one of these little ones to sin.
3
"Be concerned about yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
4
And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times he returns to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."
5
And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
6
So the Lord said, "If you have faith like a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
7
"And which of you who has a slave plowing or shepherding [sheep] who comes in from the field will say to him, 'Come here at once [and] recline at the table'?
[b].
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
[c].
*Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("come here") has been translated as a finite verb
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