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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. 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. Take heed to yourselves— If your brother sins, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:1 This is stated positively in Mt 18:7.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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