1 Then said he unto the disciples, It
is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they
come!
2 It
were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast
into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
3 Take
heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he
repent, forgive him.
4 And
if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn
again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine
tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it
should obey you.
7 But
which of you, having a servant ploughing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by
and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
8 And
will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself,
and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and
drink?
9 Doth
he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow
not.
10 So
likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you,
say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.