7Woe to the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!


In Context

4 Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 And whoever shall receive one such little child in my name receives me.

6 But whoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

7 Woe to the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

8 Why if your hand or your foot offend you, cut them off, and cast them from you: it is better for you to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

9 And if your eye offend you, pluck it out, and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

Matthew 18:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:7Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:7"Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:7Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come: but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:7Woe 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!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:7Woe 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!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7Woe to the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7|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!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7'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!