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An Understandable Version
Then Jesus said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that occasions which cause people to be led astray [from God] will come, but it is too bad for that person who is responsible for it happening.
New American Standard Bible
He said to His disciples,
King James Version
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
Holman Bible
He
International Standard Version
Jesus told his disciples, "It is inevitable that temptations to sin will come, but how terrible it will be for the person through whom they come!
A Conservative Version
And he said to his disciples, It is impossible for the stumbling-blocks not to come, but woe to him through whom they come!
American Standard Version
And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!
Amplified
Jesus said to His disciples,
Anderson New Testament
Then he said to his disciples: It is impossible that causes of offense should not come; but alas for him by whom they come!
Bible in Basic English
And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.
Common New Testament
Then he said to his disciples, "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to him through whom they do come!
Daniel Mace New Testament
Then said Jesus to his disciples, it is impossible but that discouragements should come: but wo to him, who is the occasion of them.
Darby Translation
And he said to his disciples, It cannot be but that offences come, but woe to him by whom they come!
Godbey New Testament
And He spoke to His disciples, It is impossible for offenses not to come: but woe unto him, through whom they come;
Goodspeed New Testament
And he said to his disciples, "It is inevitable that hindrances should arise, but alas for the man who causes them!
John Wesley New Testament
Then said he to the disciples, It is impossible but offences will come; but wo to him through whom they come.
Julia Smith Translation
And he said to the disciples, It is impossible there come not causes of offence: and woe, through whom they come!
King James 2000
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that temptations to sin will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to his disciples, "It is impossible for causes for stumbling not to come, but woe [to him] through whom they come!
Modern King James verseion
And He said to the disciples, It is impossible but that offenses will come. But woe to him through whom they come!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said he to the disciples, "It cannot be avoided, but that offenses will come. Nevertheless, woe be to him through whom they come.
Moffatt New Testament
To his disciples he said, "It is inevitable that hindrances should come, but woe to the man by whom they come;
Montgomery New Testament
Jesus said to his disciples. "It is not possible but that occasions of stumbling should occur, but woe to him through whom they come!
NET Bible
Jesus said to his disciples, "Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
New Heart English Bible
He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come.
Noyes New Testament
And he said to his disciples, It is impossible but that stumblingblocks will come; but woe to him through whom they come!
Sawyer New Testament
AND he said to his disciples, It is inevitable that offenses should come; but woe to him by whom they come;
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto his disciples: - It is, impossible, that occasions of stumbling should not come, notwithstanding, alas! for him through whom they do come:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
THEN he said to his disciples, It is impossible that offences should not come; but wo to him through whom they come!
Twentieth Century New Testament
Jesus said to his disciples: "It is inevitable that there should be snares; yet alas for him who is answerable for them!
Webster
Then he said to the disciples, It is impossible but that causes of sin will come: but woe to him by whom they come!
Weymouth New Testament
Jesus said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that causes of stumbling should come; but alas for him through whom they come!
Williams New Testament
Now He said to His disciples: "It is inevitable that snares to evil will come, but a curse be on the man through whom they come!
World English Bible
He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!
Worrell New Testament
And He said to His disciples, "It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe to him through whom they come!
Worsley New Testament
Then said He to the disciples, It is impossible that offences should not come: but wo to him by whom they come.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he said unto the disciples, 'It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe to him through whom they come;
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but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 17:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Sin, Forgiveness, Faith, And Service
1 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that occasions which cause people to be led astray [from God] will come, but it is too bad for that person who is responsible for it happening. 2 It would be good [i.e., better] for him to have had a huge millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the ocean [Note: This "millstone" was a huge, circular stone rolled over grain to crush it and was moved by an animal walking in a circle], rather than having him cause one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of the Lord] to be led astray [from God].
Cross References
Matthew 18:7
"It will be too bad for the world because of occasions that cause people to fall away [from God]! For it is inevitable that such occasions come, but it is too bad for that person who is responsible for causing it to happen.
1 Corinthians 11:19
For it is to be expected [i.e., it is inevitable] that there would be dissensions among you, so that those who are approved [by God] can become known among you.
Matthew 16:23
But Jesus turned to Peter and said, "Get away from me, Satan; you are causing a hindrance to me because you are not thinking about God's things but about men's."
Romans 14:13
So, we should stop judging one another any more. But instead, you people should determine not to put anything in your brother's way [to cause him] to trip or fall [away from God].
Romans 14:20-21
Do not destroy God's work [i.e., someone's life] for the sake of something to eat. All foods are truly clean [ceremonially]; however, it is wrong for a person to eat something when it causes another person to fall [away from God].
Romans 16:17
Now I urge you, brothers, watch out for those who are causing divisions and occasions for falling [away from God over matters] contrary to the teaching you have learned, and withdraw from them [i.e., stop listening to their false teaching].
1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore, if [eating certain] foods causes my brother to fall away [from God], I will never eat meat again, so I do not cause my brother to fall away.
1 Corinthians 10:32
Do not [do what could] cause Jews, Greeks [i.e., Gentiles] or the church of God to fall [away from God].
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
and all kinds of wicked deception toward those people who are perishing [spiritually], because they refused to love the truth so they could be saved.
Revelation 2:14
"But I have a few things against you because you have people there [in the church] who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumblingblock in front of the Israelites, [causing them] to eat food sacrificed to idols and to be sexually immoral [See Num. 23-24].
Revelation 2:20
But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman [named] Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and deceives my servants into [practicing] sexual immorality and into eating things sacrificed to idols.
Revelation 13:14-18
[And] by being given [power] to perform these signs in the sight of the [first] beast, he deceived the people on earth. He told them to make a statue to [honor] the [first] beast, who had been wounded by a sword and yet lived [through it].