Luke 17:1-2 in English

¹ And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!

² It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

¹ Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

² 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.

¹ Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

² 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.

¹ And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

² It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

¹ One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that will tempt people to sin are certain to happen, but it will be terrible for anyone who causes them to happen!

² Suppose you caused one of these people who do not believe in me very strongly to sin. If a huge stone was fastened {someone fastened a huge stone} around your neck and you were thrown {and threw you} into the sea, you would consider that a severe punishment, but God will punish you even more severely if you cause someone to sin!

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.

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.

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.

¹ And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

² It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

¹ And he said to his disciples, It cannot be but that offences come, but woe to him by whom they come!

² It would be more profitable for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should be a snare to one of these little ones.

¹ And he said to his disciples: It is impossible that scandals should not come: but woe to him through whom they come.

² It were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these little ones.

¹ Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible for offenses not to come, but woe to the one through whom they do come!

² It would be better for him if a millstone were around his neck, and he be cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

¹ Then He said to the disciples: “Things that cause people to fall are bound to come, but woe to him through whom they do come!

² It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall.

¹ Jesus said to his disciples, “Temptations are unavoidable, but it will be a disaster for those through whom they come!

² For such people it would be better to have a millstone hung around the neck and be thrown into the sea than to cause these little ones to sin.

¹ Then said he to his disciples, It can not be auoided, but that offences will come, but wo be to him by whome they come.

² It is better for him that a great milstone were hanged about his necke, and that he were cast into ye sea, then that he should offende one of these litle ones.

¹ Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come.

² 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.

¹ And he said to his disciples, It is impossible but that stumbling-blocks will come; but woe to him through whom they come!

² It were better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck, and be cast into the sea, than to cause one of these little ones to fall away.

¹ Jesus said to his disciples, “It is inevitable that there should be temptations but sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!

² It would be good for them if they had been flung into the sea with a millstone around their neck, rather than that they should prove a trap even one of these little ones.

¹ Jesus said to his disciples, “It is inevitable that there should be temptations but sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!

² It would be good for them if they had been flung into the sea with a millstone around their neck, rather than that they should prove a trap even one of these little ones.

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.

¹ Jesus said to his followers, “You know, there will always be somebody that will try to make you go wrong and do bad things, but God will punish the person that does that.

² If anyone gets a little one to do something bad, God will properly punish that person. Suppose somebody will get a big rock and tie it to that person’s neck and throw him into the sea and drown him, that will be bad for him, but not as bad as the trouble God will give him for getting that little one to go wrong.

¹ Then sayde he to the disciples it can not be avoyded but that offences will come. Neverthelesse wo be to him thorow whom they come.

² It were better for him that a mylstone were hanged aboute his necke and that he were cast into ye see then that he shuld offende one of this lytleons.

¹ Jesus said to his disciples, “It is certain there will be things that can cause us to sin, but woe to that person through whom they come!

² It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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.

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.

¹ Then he said to the disciples, It is impossible but that causes of sin will come: but woe to him by whom they come!

² It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall into sin.

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.

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.

¹ And Jesus said to his disciples, It is impossible that causes of stumbling come not; but woe to that man, by whom they come.

² It is more profitable to him, if a millstone be put about his neck, and he be cast into the sea, than that he cause to stumble one of these little.

¹ And Jesus said to his disciples, It is impossible that causes of stumbling come not; but woe to that man, by whom they come.

² It is more profitable to him, if a millstone be put about his neck, and he be cast into the sea, than that he cause to stumble one of these little (ones).

¹ And Jhesu seide to hise disciplis, It is impossible that sclaundris come not; but wo to that man, bi whom thei comen.

² It is more profitable to him, if a mylne stoon be put aboute his necke, and he be cast in to the see, than that he sclaundre oon of these litle.

¹ And he said unto the disciples, 'It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe to him through whom they come;

² it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.