Mark 9:42

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And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

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but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?

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

We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.

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Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'

And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!"