It would be better for him if a millstone[a] is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea than that he causes one of these little ones to sin.

“Be concerned about yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times he returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:2 Literally “a stone belonging to a mill”

It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones(A) to stumble.(B) So watch yourselves.

“If your brother or sister[a] sins against you, rebuke them;(C) and if they repent, forgive them.(D) Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:3 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman.