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!


In Context

4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.

6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

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!

8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

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 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!

The American King James Version 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 comes!