Mark 9:42

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Summary

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, if any one puts a snare in the way of one of these lowly ones who believe in me, it would be best for him to be sunk in the depths of the sea with a great millstone hung round his neck.

Jesus said to his disciples: "It is inevitable that there should be snares; yet alas for him who is answerable for them!

Let us, then, cease to judge one another. Rather let this be your resolve--never to place a stumbling-block or an obstacle in a Brother's way.

But as Scripture says--'They to whom he had never been proclaimed shall see; and they who have never heard shall understand!'

I urge you, Brothers, to be on your guard against people who, by disregarding the teaching which you received, cause divisions and create difficulties; dissociate yourselves from them.

For if some one should see you who possess this knowledge, feasting in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is a weak man, become so hardened that he, too, will eat food offered to idols?

Do not cause offence either to Jews or Greeks or to the Church of God;

Never do we put an obstacle in any one's way, that no fault may be found with our ministry.

Until you are able to appreciate all moral distinctions. And I pray, too, that you may be kept pure and blameless against the Day of Christ,

Therefore I advise young widows to marry, bear children, and attend to their homes, and so avoid giving the enemy an opportunity for scandal.

There will be many, too, who will follow their licentious courses, and cause the Way of the Truth to be maligned.

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And then he will reply 'I tell you, as often as you failed to do it to one of these, however lowly, you failed to do it to me.'

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him-- "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

Time after time, in every Synagogue, I tried by punishments to force them to blaspheme. So frantic was I against them, that I pursued them even to towns beyond our borders.

Since God deems it just to inflict suffering upon those who are now inflicting suffering upon you,

When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the sake of God's Message and for the testimony which they had borne.

for men shed the blood of Christ's People and of the Prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve.'