Luke 17:1-4
New American Standard Bible
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17 Now He said to His disciples, “(A)It is inevitable that [a]stumbling blocks come, but woe to one through whom they come! 2 (B)It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he [b]is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to [c]sin. 3 [d]Be on your guard! (C)If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you (D)seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
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Luke 17:1-4
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Woe To The One Who Causes Others To Fall. Rebuke Sin In Your Brother. Forgive
17 And He said to His disciples, “It is impossible that the causes-of-falling should not[a] come. Nevertheless, woe to the one through whom they come. 2 It would be better for him if a mill’s stone were lying-around his neck and he had been[b] thrown-off into the sea, than that he should cause one of these[c] little ones to fall. 3 Take heed to yourselves— If your brother sins, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven times in the day, and returns to you seven times saying ‘I repent’, forgive him”.
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- Luke 17:1 This is stated positively in Mt 18:7.
- Luke 17:2 Better to be once and for all dead at the bottom of the sea than to do this and face the eternal consequences.
- Luke 17:2 That is, such insignificant ones as Lazarus and the sinners and tax collectors in the audience (15:1) disdained by the Pharisees, assuming 15:1 to 17:10 was spoken on a single occasion; otherwise, those confronted by the causes of falling mentioned in v 1.
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