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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! |
“Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes! |
“Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes! |
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Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come! |
“Woe (judgment is coming) to the world because of stumbling blocks and temptations to sin! It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person on whose account or through whom the stumbling block comes! |
Woe to the world because of the stumbling-blocks, for it is inevitable that stumbling-blocks come, but woe to the man through whom the stumbling-block comes. |
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Alas for the world with its pitfalls! In the nature of things there must be pitfalls. Yet alas for the man who is responsible for them! |
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! |
Woe 3759 unto the 3588 world 2889 because of offences! 4625 for 1063 it must needs 318 be 2076 that offences 4625 come; 2064 but 4133 woe 3759 to that 1565 man 444 by 1223 whom 3739 the 3588 offence 4625 cometh! 2064 |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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