Temptations to Sin

^42 (A)“Whoever causes one of ^(B)these little ones who believe in me to sin,^{[a] (C)}it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

⁶ 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

17 And he said to his disciples, ^(A)“Temptations to sin^[a] are ^(B)sure to come, but ^(C)woe to the one through whom they come! ^2 (D)It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.^[b]

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

¹⁰ “See that you do not despise ^(A)one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven ^(B)their angels always ^(C)see the face of my Father who is in heaven.^[a]

Final Instructions and Greetings

¹⁷ I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles ^(A)contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; ^(B)avoid them.

¹⁰ For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating^[a] in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged,^[b] if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? ¹¹ And so by your knowledge this weak person is ^(A)destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. ¹² Thus, sinning against your brothers^[c] and ^(B)wounding their conscience when it is weak, ^(C)you sin against Christ. ¹³ Therefore, ^(D)if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

⁴ And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting ^(A)me?”

² And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth ^(A)will be blasphemed.

¹⁴ So I would have ^(A)younger widows marry, bear children, ^(B)manage their households, and ^(C)give the adversary no occasion for slander.