Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that ought not to be done.”
1 Corinthians 8:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But when you thus sin against brothers and sisters and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when you sin against your brethren in this way, wounding and damaging their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. American Standard Version (1901) And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ. Common English Bible You sin against Christ if you sin against your brothers and sisters and hurt their weak consciences this way. Catholic Public Domain Version So when you sin in this way against the brothers, and you harm their weakened conscience, then you sin against Christ. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now when you sin thus against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. |
Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that ought not to be done.”
Then Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to wrong the boy? But you would not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.”
And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and your fill of bread in the morning, because the Lord has heard the complaining that you utter against him—what are we? Your complaining is not against us but against the Lord.”
Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?”
“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?”
“If any of you cause one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea.
And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.’
Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’
“If any of you cause one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea.
It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to sin.
Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong to make someone stumble by what you eat;
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
If one person sins against another, someone can intercede for the sinner with the Lord, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can make intercession?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the Lord to kill them.
See, my father, see the corner of your cloak in my hand, for by the fact that I cut off the corner of your cloak and did not kill you, you may know for certain that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are hunting me to take my life.