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1 He said to the disciples, |It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come. 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble. 3 Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him.| 5 The apostles said to the Lord, |Increase our faith.| 6 The Lord said, |If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. 7 But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table'? 8 But will he not say to him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink, and afterward you can eat and drink'? Luke 17:1-8, New Heart English Bible. Public domain.
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