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Matthew 18:5-7
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Matthew 18:5-7
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
But Woe To Whoever Causes One of My Children Believing In Me To Fall
5 “And whoever welcomes[a] one such[b] child on the basis of My name, welcomes Me. 6 But whoever causes one of these little ones believing in Me to fall— it would be better[c] for him that a donkey’s millstone[d] be hung around his neck and he be sunk in the deep-part[e] of the sea.
Woe To The World Because of Causes of Falling. Better To Tear Out Your Eye
7 “Woe to the world because of the causes-of-falling. For it is a necessity that causes-of-falling should come; nevertheless, woe to the person through whom the cause-of-falling comes.
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- Matthew 18:5 Having answered their question, Jesus goes on to draw another lesson from this child.
- Matthew 18:5 That is, one such physical child like this one before them; or, one such spiritual child of any age who humbles himself in the way just mentioned.
- Matthew 18:6 It is better to be killed (a one-time event) than to face the consequences of this (an eternal loss).
- Matthew 18:6 That is, a large millstone which donkeys would turn.
- Matthew 18:6 Lit, open-sea of the sea.
Matthew 18:5-7
New International Version
Matthew 18:5-7
New International Version
5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.(A)
Causing to Stumble
6 “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.(B) 7 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!(C)
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