Verse 6
Matthew 18:6
Literal Standard Version
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and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in Me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged on his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.
Original Language Text
greek
Ὃς δ’ ἂν σκανδαλίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων τῶν πιστευόντων εἰς ἐμέ, συμφέρει αὐτῷ ἵνα κρεμασθῇ μύλος ὀνικὸς ⸀εἰς τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ καὶ καταποντισθῇ ἐν τῷ πελάγει τῆς θαλάσσης.
English Translation
Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
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Chapter 18 Context
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At that hour the disciples came near to Yashua (Jesus), saying, “Who, now, is greater in the kingdom...
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And Yashua (Jesus) having called near a child, set him in the midst of them,
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and said, “Truly I say to you, if you may not be turned and become as the children, you may not ente...
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whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens.
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And he who may receive one such child in My Name, receives Me,
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and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in Me, it is better for...
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Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! For there is necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come,...
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And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut them off and cast them from you; it is good...
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And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast from you; it is good for you to enter i...
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Beware! You may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their messengers in the...
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for the Son of Man came to save the lost.
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12
What do you think? If a man may have one hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, does he...
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And if it may come to pass that he finds it, truly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than o...
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so it is not the will in the presence of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little...
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And if your brother may sin against you, go and show him his fault between you and him alone, if he...
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and if he may not hear, take with you yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three ev...
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And if he may not hear them, say it to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let h...
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Truly I say to you, whatever things you may bind on the earth will be having been bound in the heave...
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Again, I say to you that if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may...
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for where there are two or three gathered together—to My Name, there am I in the midst of them.”
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Then Peter having come near to Him, said, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I for...
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Yashua (Jesus) says to him, “I do not say to you until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
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Because of this was the kingdom of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who willed to take reckonin...
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and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents...
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and he having nothing to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and...
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The servant then, having fallen down, was prostrating to him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, a...
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and the lord of that servant having been moved with compassion released him, and the debt he forgave...
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And that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him one hundred d...
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His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet, was calling on him, saying, Have patience w...
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and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, until he might pay that which was o...
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And his fellow-servants having seen the things that were done, were grieved exceedingly, and having...
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then having called him, his lord says to him, Evil servant! All that debt I forgave you, seeing you...
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did it not seem necessary to you to have dealt kindly with your fellow servant, as I also dealt kind...
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And having been angry, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, until he might pay all that was ow...
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so also My heavenly Father will do to you, if you may not forgive each one his brother from your hea...
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