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Matthew 18:6

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6but awhoever bcauses one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it is better for him that a 1heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit millstone turned by a donkey

Cross references

  1. aMark 9:42; Luke 17:2; 1 Cor 8:12
  2. bMatt 17:27

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away—it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea.

NLTNew Living Translation

But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him that a large millstone be hung on his neck and he be drowned in the depths of the sea.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.