Matthew 18:7

Good News Translation (US Version)

How terrible for the world that there are things that make people lose their faith! Such things will always happen—but how terrible for the one who causes them!

Cross References

Luke 17:1

Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that make people fall into sin are bound to happen, but how terrible for the one who makes them happen!

1 Corinthians 11:19

No doubt there must be divisions among you so that the ones who are in the right may be clearly seen.)

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will die as the Scriptures say he will, but how terrible for that man who will betray the Son of Man! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born!”

Jude 1:4

For some godless people have slipped in unnoticed among us, persons who distort the message about the grace of our God in order to excuse their immoral ways, and who reject Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. Long ago the Scriptures predicted the condemnation they have received.

Titus 2:8

Use sound words that cannot be criticized, so that your enemies may be put to shame by not having anything bad to say about us.

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled and pure, and to be good housewives who submit themselves to their husbands, so that no one will speak evil of the message that comes from God.

1 Timothy 6:1

Those who are slaves must consider their masters worthy of all respect, so that no one will speak evil of the name of God and of our teaching.

Acts 1:16

“My friends,” he said, “the scripture had to come true in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through David, made a prediction about Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus.

John 17:12

While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man who was bound to be lost—so that the scripture might come true.

Mark 13:7

And don't be troubled when you hear the noise of battles close by and news of battles far away. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come.

2 Samuel 12:14

But because you have shown such contempt for the Lord in doing this, your child will die.”

1 Samuel 2:17

This sin of the sons of Eli was extremely serious in the Lord's sight, because they treated the offerings to the Lord with such disrespect.

Genesis 13:7

So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of Abram's animals and those who took care of Lot's animals. (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.)

Matthew 16:23

Jesus turned around and said to Peter, “Get away from me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my way, because these thoughts of yours don't come from God, but from human nature.”