Luke 17:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

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  • Matt 18:7 : 7 A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.
  • 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For divisions are necessary among you, in order that those who have God's approval may be clearly seen among you.
  • 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation. 11 And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false: 12 So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.
  • Rom 14:20-21 : 20 Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another. 21 It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.
  • Rom 16:17 : 17 Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.
  • 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.
  • Rev 13:14-18 : 14 And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life. 15 And he had power to give breath to the image of the beast, so that words might come from the image of the beast, and that he might have all those who did not give worship to the image of the beast put to death. 16 And he gives to all, small and great, the poor and those who have wealth, the free and those who are not free, a mark on their right hand or on their brows; 17 So that no man might be able to do trade but he who has the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. He who has knowledge let him get the number of the beast; because it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty-six.
  • Matt 16:23 : 23 But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.
  • Rev 2:20 : 20 But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods.

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    6 But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

    7 A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.

    8 And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire.

    9 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.

  • Luke 17:2-3
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    2 It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

    3 Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

  • Mark 9:42-43
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    42 And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

    43 And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

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    6 And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

  • Luke 7:23
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    23 And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

  • John 16:1
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    1 I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.

  • John 6:61
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    61 When Jesus became conscious that his disciples were protesting about what he said, he said to them, Does this give you trouble?

  • Matt 15:12-14
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    12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

    13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.

    14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.

  • Mark 14:27
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    27 And Jesus said to them, You will all be turned away from me: for it is in the Writings, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight.

  • Mark 14:21
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    21 The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.

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    15 And numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net.

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    10 And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

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    31 Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight.

  • Matt 13:21
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    21 But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

  • Matt 18:14
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    14 Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

  • 1 Pet 2:8
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    8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

  • Mark 4:17
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    17 And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.

  • Matt 16:23
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    23 But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

  • Luke 22:22
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    22 For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.

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    24 The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.

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    44 Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.

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    39 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?

  • Mark 9:47
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    47 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,

  • Luke 14:25
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    25 Now a great number of people went with him.

  • Matt 17:19
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    19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why were we not able to send it out?

  • Mark 9:45
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    45 And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

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    18 Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.

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    27 Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

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    23 And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

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    13 And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

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    22 And while they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will be given up into the hands of men;

  • Mark 4:12
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    12 So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

  • Matt 19:26
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    26 And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.

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    3 Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

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    27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

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    13 Then some people took little children to him, so that he might put his hands on them in blessing: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

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  • Luke 18:24
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    24 And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!