Luke 17:1

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Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

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But He turned and told Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns, but man’s.”

Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes.

Therefore, let us no longer criticize one another. Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in your brother’s way.

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause dissensions and obstacles contrary to the doctrine you have learned. Avoid them,

Therefore, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never again eat meat, so that I won’t cause my brother to fall.

Give no offense to the Jews or the Greeks or the church of God,

There must, indeed, be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved.

But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.

He deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that he is permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image of the beast who had the sword wound and yet lived.