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Now He said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to one through whom they come!

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

"It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to sin.

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

"Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

"And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.