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 that {a large millstone} be hung on his neck and he be drowned in the depths of the sea.

And he said to his disciples, "It is impossible for causes for stumbling not to come, but woe [to him] through whom they come!

Therefore, let us no longer pass judgment on one another, but rather decide this: not to place a cause for stumbling or a temptation before a brother.

but just as it is written, "[Those] to whom [it was] not announced concerning him will see, and [those] who have not heard will understand."

Now I exhort you, brothers, to look out for those who cause dissensions and temptations contrary to the teaching which you learned, and stay away from them.

For if someone should see you who has knowledge reclining for a meal in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, [because it] is weak, be strengthened so that [he] eats the food sacrificed to idols?

{Give no offense} both to Jews and to Greeks and to the church of God,

[We are] giving no one an occasion for taking offense in anything, in order that our ministry will not have fault found [with it],

so that you may approve what is superior, in order that you may be sincere and blameless in the day of Christ,

Therefore I want younger [widows] to marry, to bear children, to manage a household, to give the adversary no opportunity for reproach.

And many will follow their licentious ways, because of whom the way of truth will be reviled.

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Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly I say to you, in as much 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 throughout all the synagogues I punished them often [and] tried to force [them] to blaspheme, and [because I] was enraged at them beyond measure, I was pursuing [them] even as far as to foreign cities.

since [it is] righteous in the sight of God to pay back those who are afflicting you with affliction,

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they had,

because they have poured out the blood of the saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; they are deserving!"