Warnings from Jesus

17 He(A) said to his disciples, “Offenses will certainly come,[a] but woe(B) to the one through whom they come!(C) It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.(D) Be(E) on your guard. If your brother sins,[b] rebuke(F) him, and if he repents, forgive(G) him. 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.”

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Footnotes

  1. 17:1 Lit “It is impossible for offenses not to come
  2. 17:3 Other mss add against you

17 And de he said legō to pros · ho his autos disciples mathētēs, “ It is eimi inevitable anendektos that ho occasions ho for stumbling skandalon will come erchomai, but plēn woe ouai to the one through dia whom hos they come erchomai! It is better lysiteleō for him autos if ei a millstone lithos mylikos is hung perikeimai around peri · ho his autos neck trachēlos and kai he is cast rhiptō into eis the ho sea thalassa than ē that hina he should cause skandalizō one heis of ho these houtos little mikros ones to stumble .

Be on your heautou guard prosechō! If ean your sy brother adelphos sins hamartanō, · ho rebuke epitimaō him autos, and kai if ean he repents metanoeō, forgive aphiēmi him autos. And kai if ean he sins hamartanō against eis you sy seven heptakis times in ho a day hēmera, and kai seven heptakis times returns epistrephō to pros you sy saying legō, ‘ I repent metanoeō,’ you must forgive aphiēmi him autos.”

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