反対に、わたしに頼りきっているこの子どもたちの信仰を失わせるような者は、首に大きな石をくくりつけられて海に投げ込まれたほうが、よっぽどましです。

悪がはびこるこの世はいまわしいものです。誘惑されるのは避けられないとしても、誘惑のもとになる人はいまわしいものです。

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Causing to Stumble

“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.(A) Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!(B)

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But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

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Jesus Warns of Offenses(A)

(B)“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of [a]offenses! For (C)offenses must come, but (D)woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:7 enticements to sin

but (A)whoever causes one of these (B)little ones who believe in me to sin,[a] it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Temptations to Sin

“Woe to the world for (C)temptations to sin![b] (D)For it is necessary that temptations come, (E)but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:6 Greek causes… to stumble; also verses 8, 9
  2. Matthew 18:7 Greek stumbling blocks