Luke 17:1

World English Bible (2000)

He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!

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  • Matt 18:7 : 7 "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
  • 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
  • 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie; 12 that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
  • Rom 14:20-21 : 20 Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating. 21 It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
  • Rom 16:17 : 17 Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.
  • 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don't cause my brother to stumble.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Give no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;
  • Rev 13:14-18 : 14 He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived. 15 It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads; 17 and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six.
  • Matt 16:23 : 23 But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Therefore let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling.
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
  • Rev 2:20 : 20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

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  • Matt 18:6-9
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    6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

    7 "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

    8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

    9 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.

  • Luke 17:2-3
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    2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

    3 Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

  • Mark 9:42-43
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    42 Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

    43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

  • Matt 11:6
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    6 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me."

  • Luke 7:23
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    23 Blessed is he who is not offended by me."

  • John 16:1
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    1 "These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn't be caused to stumble.

  • John 6:61
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    61 But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?

  • Matt 15:12-14
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    12 Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"

    13 But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted.

    14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

  • Mark 14:27
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    27 Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

  • Mark 14:21
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    21 For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

  • Isa 8:15
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    15 Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured."

  • Matt 24:10
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    10 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

  • Matt 26:31
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    31 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

  • Matt 13:21
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    21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

  • Matt 18:14
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    14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

  • 1 Pet 2:8
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    8 and, "a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

  • Mark 4:17
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    17 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

  • Matt 16:23
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    23 But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."

  • Luke 22:22
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    22 The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!"

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    17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

  • Matt 13:41
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    41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

  • Matt 26:24
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    24 The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

  • Matt 21:44
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    44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."

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    39 He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?

  • Mark 9:47
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    47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,

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    19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we able to cast it out?"

  • Mark 9:45
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    45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched--

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    18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust."

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

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  • Mark 10:13-14
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    13 They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.

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    22 While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,

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    12 that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"

  • Matt 19:26
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    26 Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

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    3 We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

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    21 When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, "Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me."

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    24 Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!