 | Theodore Gerhardt Tappert - Religion - 1959 - 742 pages
...avoid both, as it is written, "Woe to the world for temptations to sin," ''• and again, "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it were better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth... | |
 | Ralph Daniel Heim - Religion - 1947 - 228 pages
...of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ, will by no means lose his reward. 42 "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,* it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 48 And if your hand... | |
 | J. Duncan M. Derrett - Religion - 1977 - 258 pages
...into hell, where their worm docs not die, and the fire is not quenched, [cf. Isa.66.24.] But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world... | |
 | John Duncan Martin Derrett - Religion - 1977 - 266 pages
...should part company with me now. And then the Millstone saying is a piece of 'black humour'. 'Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone which has to be turned by an ass5 were put round his neck and he were thrown into the... | |
 | James M. Gustafson - Religion - 1979 - 292 pages
...from vindictiveness. Jesus teaches us also not to will to cause scandal, as in Mark 9:42. "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea." Just as certain qualities... | |
 | John P. Meier - Religion - 1980 - 394 pages
...SCANDAL OR CARE OF THE LITTLE ONES. 18:6-14. [Mk 9:42-50; Lk 17:1-2; 14:34-35; 15:3-7] 6But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. '"Woe to the world... | |
 | Andrew D. Lester - Religion - 1983 - 120 pages
...humbleness, added the comment, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea." (Matt. 18:5-6)... | |
 | Religion - 1984 - 208 pages
...role models for many young people. To ignore that reality is a tragic mistake. Jesus said, "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for [that person] to have a great millstone fastened round [the] neck and to be drowned in the depth of... | |
 | Andrew D. Lester - Religion - 1985 - 148 pages
...children from him, is confirmed in his warning to those who get in the way of a child's belief. Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea. (Mark 9:42) Jesus seems... | |
 | Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - Religion - 1986 - 112 pages
...greatest in the kingdom of heaven. "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. "See that you do... | |
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Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. 
