“Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!”
Jesus said to his disciples, things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come — the stumbling-block saying opens the chapter's teaching on forgiveness, faith, and the kingdom's coming. Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come (anendekton estin tou ta skandala mē elthein, it is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come): the necessity of temptations in the present age. But woe to the person through whom they come: the necessity does not remove the responsibility.
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