Luke 17:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Mark 9:42 : 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.
  • Matt 18:3-6 : 3 And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: 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.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.
  • Matt 18:14 : 14 Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.
  • Matt 26:24 : 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.
  • John 21:15 : 15 Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.
  • 1 Cor 8:11-12 : 11 And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death. 12 And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.
  • 1 Cor 9:15 : 15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.
  • 1 Cor 9:22 : 22 To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.
  • 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it. 2 And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name. 3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 18:2-10
    9 verses
    94%

    2And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them,

    3And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

    4Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

    5And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:

    6But 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.

    7A 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.

    8And 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.

    9And 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.

    10Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

  • Mark 9:42-43
    2 verses
    93%

    42And 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.

    43And 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.

  • Luke 17:1
    86%

    1And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

  • Luke 17:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3Give 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.

    4And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

  • Matt 18:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

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

    15And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

  • Mark 9:47
    74%

    47And 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,

  • Mark 9:45
    73%

    45And 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.

  • Matt 11:6
    73%

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

  • Matt 5:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

    30And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

  • Luke 7:23
    72%

    23And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

  • Matt 7:6
    72%

    6Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

  • Matt 19:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Then 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.

    14But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

  • Mark 10:13-15
    3 verses
    71%

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

    14And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.

    15Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

  • John 16:1
    71%

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

  • 2 Cor 2:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;

    7So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

  • Matt 15:14
    70%

    14Let 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.

  • Matt 18:17
    70%

    17And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.

  • Mark 14:21
    70%

    21The 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.

  • John 6:61
    70%

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

  • Matt 18:34-35
    2 verses
    69%

    34And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

    35So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

  • Matt 13:42
    69%

    42And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Mark 4:12
    69%

    12So 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.

  • Luke 18:15-17
    3 verses
    69%

    15And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them

    16But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

    17Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

  • 2 Pet 2:21
    69%

    21For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it.

  • Matt 15:12
    69%

    12Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

  • Matt 10:15
    69%

    15Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

  • Jas 3:2
    69%

    2For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

  • Matt 10:42
    68%

    42And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.

  • Luke 10:14
    68%

    14But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judging, than for you.

  • Matt 21:44
    68%

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

  • 1 Cor 8:12
    68%

    12And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.