Parallel Verses
Sawyer New Testament
Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must necessarily come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
How terrible it will be for the world due to its temptations to sin! Temptations to sin are bound to happen, but how terrible it will be for that person who causes someone to sin!
A Conservative Version
Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks. For it is necessary that the stumbling-blocks come, yet woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block comes.
American Standard Version
Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!
Amplified
An Understandable Version
"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.
Anderson New Testament
Alas for the world because of snares! for it is necessary that snares come: but alas for that man by whom the snare comes!
Bible in Basic English
A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.
Common New Testament
Woe to the world because of temptations to sin! For temptations must come, but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes!
Daniel Mace New Testament
wo unto the world, because of such scandals: tho' it cannot be, but that such occasions of relapsing should happen: yet wo to that man by whom the scandal cometh.
Darby Translation
Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!
Godbey New Testament
Woe unto the world on account of offensives, for it is necessary that offensives come; but woe unto that man through whom the offense comes!
Goodspeed New Testament
Alas for the world for such hindrances! They have to come, but alas for the man who causes them!
John Wesley New Testament
Wo to the world because of offences: for it must needs be that offences come; but wo to that man by whom the offence cometh.
Julia Smith Translation
Woe to the world for offences I for there is necessity for offences to come; but woe to that man by whom the offence comes!
King James 2000
Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
Lexham Expanded Bible
Woe to the world because of causes for stumbling, for [it is] a necessity [that] causes for stumbling come; nevertheless, woe to the person through whom the cause for stumbling comes.
Modern King James verseion
Woe to the world because of offenses! For it is necessary that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Woe be unto the world because of evil offenses! Howbeit, it cannot be avoided but that offenses shall be given. Nevertheless, woe be to the man, by whom the offense cometh.
Moffatt New Testament
Woe to the world for hindrances! Hindrances have to come, but ??woe to the man by whom the hindrance does come!
Montgomery New Testament
"Woe unto the world because of such stumbling-blocks! They will surely come, but woe unto each man by whom they come!
NET Bible
Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.
New Heart English Bible
"Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks. For there will always be something to cause people to stumble, but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes.
Noyes New Testament
Woe to the world because of stumblingblocks! For it must needs be that stumblingblocks come; but woe to the man through whom the stumblingblock cometh!
The Emphasized Bible
Alas for the world! by reason of the causes of stumbling; for it is, necessary, that the causes of stumbling come, - nevertheless, alas for the man through whom the cause of stumbling cometh!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Wo to the world because of offences! for there is a necessity that offences come: nevertheless, wo to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Twentieth Century New Testament
Alas for the world because of such snares! There cannot but be snares; yet alas for the man who is answerable for the snare!
Webster
Woe to the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!
Weymouth New Testament
"Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot but come, but alas for each man through whom they come!
Williams New Testament
A curse on the world for such influences to do wrong! For they must come, but a curse on the man from whom these influences come!
World English Bible
"Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
Worrell New Testament
"Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity that the stumbling-blocks come; but woe to the man through whom the stumbling-block comes!
Worsley New Testament
Wo will be to the world from such offenses; for it is of necessity that offenses come: but wo to that man by whom the offense cometh.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!
Themes
Despisement » Who not to despise
Offence » Denunciation against those who cause
Offence » Occasions of, must arrive
Topics
Interlinear
Anagke
Erchomai
ἐκεῖνος
Ekeinos
Usage: 148
Skandalon
Dia
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 18:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Temptations To Sin
6 but whoever offends one of these little ones that believe in me, it would be better for him that a millstone should be hung to his neck, and that he should be plunged into the depths of the sea. 7 Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must necessarily come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes! 8 If your hand or foot offends you, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame, or crippled, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
Names
Cross References
Luke 17:1
AND he said to his disciples, It is inevitable that offenses should come; but woe to him by whom they come;
1 Corinthians 11:19
For it is necessary that there should be heresies among you, that the approved may be manifest among you.
Matthew 26:24
The Son of man goes indeed, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it would be good for him if that man had not been born.
Matthew 13:41-42
The Son of man will send his angels, and they shall collect out of his kingdom all offenses, and all that commit wickedness,
Matthew 23:13-28
But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven before men; for you enter not into it, neither do you suffer those entering to go in.
Mark 13:7
And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not afraid, for these things must be; but the end is not yet.
John 17:12
When I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name which thou gayest me, and preserved [them], and no one of them has been lost, except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled;
Acts 1:18-20
This man therefore purchased a field with the price of the wickedness, and falling headlong burst in the middle and all his bowels were poured out;
Romans 2:23-24
You who boast of the law, by the transgression of the law do you dishonor God?
2 Thessalonians 2:3-12
Let no one deceive you in any way, for [he shall not come] unless the apostacy comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
1 Timothy 4:1-3
But the Spirit says expressly, that in the last times some shall apostatize from the faith, attending to lying spirits and doctrines of demons,
1 Timothy 5:14-15
I wish therefore the younger women to marry, bear children, keep house, give no occasion of reproach to the enemy;
1 Timothy 6:1
Let as many servants as are under the yoke account their masters worthy of all honor, that the name and doctrine of God may not be blasphemed.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
AND know this, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 Timothy 4:3-4
for the time will come when they will not endure sound instruction, but will accumulate for themselves teachers according to their desires, pleasing their ear,
Titus 2:5
sober, pure, fond of home, kind, subject to their husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
Titus 2:8
sound argument not to be condemned, that the adversary may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of us.
2 Peter 2:2-3
and many shall follow their lewdness, on account of whom the way of truth shall be reviled,
2 Peter 2:15-17
having left the right way they have gone astray, following in the way of Balaam the son of Beor who loved the wages of wickedness,
Jude 1:4
For some men have come in by deception, who were of old appointed to this judgment, impious, changing the grace of our God into lewdness, and denying our only master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:11-13
Woe to them; for they have gone in the way of Cain, and rushed into the error of Balaam for a reward, and perished in the contradiction of Korah.
Revelation 2:14-15
But I have a few things against you; you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put an occasion of sin before the children of Israel, both to eat things offered to idols and to commit fornication.
Revelation 2:20-23
But I have against you that you allow your wife Jezebel, who says she is a prophetess and teaches and deceives my servants to commit fornication and eat things offered to idols.
Revelation 19:20-21
And the beast was taken and with him the false prophet who performed miracles before him, with which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worship his image; and the two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulphur.