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!


In Context

4 whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the reign of the heavens.

5 'And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth receive me,

6 and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

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!

8 'And if thy hand or thy foot doth cause thee to stumble, cut them off and cast from thee; it is good for thee to enter into the life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast to the fire the age-during.

9 'And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the 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 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!