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“It would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

“Pay attention to yourselves. If your brother trespasses against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him.

“And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns again to you, saying, ‘I repent’, you shall forgive him.”

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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.