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Luke 17:1

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

KJV

Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ· ἀνένδεκτόν ἐστιν τοῦ τὰ σκάνδαλα μὴ ἐλθεῖν, οὐαὶ δὲ δι’ οὗ ἔρχεται·

Greek NT

Et ait ad discipulos suos : Impossibile est ut non veniant scandala : væ autem illi per quem veniunt.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οὐαί
ouai
noun · 46×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σκάνδαλον
skandalon
noun · 15×
ἀνένδεκτος
anendektos
adjective · 1×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτοῦ
  • αὐτοῦSBLGNT
  • αὐτοῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τὰ σκάνδαλα μὴ ἐλθεῖν | WH/Treg/NIV: τὰ σκάνδαλα μὴ ἐλθεῖν | RP: μὴ ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα
  • τὰ σκάνδαλα μὴ ἐλθεῖνSBLGNT
  • τὰ σκάνδαλα μὴ ἐλθεῖνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • μὴ ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλαRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: πλὴν οὐαὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: πλὴν οὐαὶ | RP: οὐαὶ δὲ
  • πλὴν οὐαὶSBLGNT
  • πλὴν οὐαὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οὐαὶ δὲRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2287Anyone who uses the power at his disposal in such a way that it leads others to do wrong becomes guilty of scandal and responsible for the evil that he has directly or indirectly encouraged. "Temptations to sin are sure to come; but woe to him by whom they come!"89 Respect for health
2. But when we say these things, they make other objections again, asking, And why did God make him such? God did not make him such, far from it, since then neither would He have punished him. For if we in those matters in which we are the cause, do not find fault with our servant, much more will not the God of all. But whence did this come to pass? one may say. Of himself and …
Such examples, therefore, brethren, it is right that we should follow; since it is written, "Cleave to the holy, for those that cleave to them shall themselves be made holy." And again, in another place, He saith, "With a harmless man thou shalt prove thyself harmless." With the elect thou shalt be elect, but with the perverse man thou shalt show thyself froward. Let us cleave,…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 8:9 — But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
  • 1Cor 8:13 — Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
  • 1Cor 10:32 — Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
  • 1Cor 11:19 — For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
  • 1Cor 11:19 — For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
  • 1John 2:10 — He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
  • 1Tim 6:1 — Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
  • 2Thess 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • Mark 9:42 — And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
  • Matt 16:23 — But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
  • Matt 18:5 — And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
  • Matt 18:6 — But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
  • Matt 18:7 — 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!
  • Matt 18:7 — 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!
  • Rev 2:14 — But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed u
  • Rev 2:20 — Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat th
  • Rev 13:14 — And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to
  • Rom 14:13 — Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
  • Rom 14:20 — For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
  • Rom 14:21 — It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
  • Rom 16:17 — Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
  • Rom 16:17 — Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.