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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

就算拿一塊大磨石拴在他的頸項上，把他沉在深海裡，比他使這小子中的一個犯罪還好。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
就 是 把 磨 石 拴 在 这 人 的 颈 项 上 ， 丢 在 海 里 ， 还 强 如 他 把 这 小 子 里 的 一 个 绊 倒 了 。

Contextual Overview

¹ Jesus said to his followers, "Things that cause people to sin will happen, but how terrible for the person who causes them to happen! ² It would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with a large stone around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to sin. ³ So be careful! "If another follower sins, warn him, and if he is sorry and stops sinning, forgive him. ⁴ If he sins against you seven times in one day and says that he is sorry each time, forgive him." ⁵ The apostles said to the Lord, "Give us more faith!" ⁶ The Lord said, "If your faith were the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Dig yourself up and plant yourself in the sea,' and it would obey you. ⁷ "Suppose one of you has a servant who has been plowing the ground or caring for the sheep. When the servant comes in from working in the field, would you say, ‘Come in and sit down to eat'? ⁸ No, you would say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Then get yourself ready and serve me. After I finish eating and drinking, you can eat.' ⁹ The servant does not get any special thanks for doing what his master commanded. ¹⁰ It is the same with you. When you have done everything you are told to do, you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done the work we should do.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

better: Matthew 18:6, Matthew 26:24, Mark 9:42, 1 Corinthians 9:15, 2 Peter 2:1-3

one: Isaiah 40:11, Zechariah 13:7, Matthew 18:3-5, Matthew 18:10, Matthew 18:14, John 21:15, 1 Corinthians 8:11, 1 Corinthians 8:12, 1 Corinthians 9:22

Reciprocal: Matthew 5:30 - offend Matthew 10:42 - one Matthew 18:5 - receive Romans 14:1 - weak Romans 14:13 - put Romans 14:21 - whereby 1 Corinthians 8:9 - take 1 John 2:10 - occasion of stumbling

Cross-References

Genesis 9:9
"Now I am making my agreement with you and your people who will live after you,

Genesis 12:2
I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

Genesis 13:16
I will make your descendants as many as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust on the earth, he could count your people.

Genesis 15:18
So on that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram and said, "I will give to your descendants the land between the river of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.

Genesis 17:4
"I am making my agreement with you: I will make you the father of many nations.

Genesis 17:6
I will give you many descendants. New nations will be born from you, and kings will come from you.

Genesis 17:8
You live in the land of Canaan now as a stranger, but I will give you and your descendants all this land forever. And I will be the God of your descendants."

Genesis 17:11
Cut away your foreskin to show that you are prepared to follow the agreement between me and you.

Genesis 17:17
Abraham bowed facedown on the ground and laughed. He said to himself, "Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth to a child when she is ninety?"

Genesis 17:18
Then Abraham said to God, "Please let Ishmael be the son you promised."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

It were better for him that a millstone,....

:- and

:-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is impossible - It cannot but happen. Such is the state of things that “it will be.” See these verses explained in the notes at Matthew 18:6-7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 17:2. A mill-stone — That drowning a person with a stone tied about the neck was an ancient mode of punishment, see proved in the note on Matthew 18:6; Matthew 18:7, to which let the following be added. To have a mill-stone hanged about the neck, was a common proverb. "Samuel saith, A man may marry, and after that addict himself to the study of the law. Rab. Jochanan saith, No: shall he addict himself to the study of the law with a mill-stone about his neck?"

The place in Aristophanes, to which the reader is referred in the note on Matthew 18:6, is the following: -

Αραν μετεωρον εις το βαραθρον εμβαλω,

Εκ του λαρυγγος εκκρεμασας ὑπερβολον

"Lifting him up into the air, I will plunge him into the deep: a great stone being hung about his neck." Aristoph. in Equit. ver. 1359.