 | Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1877 - 476 ページ
...whither we go. No, the man who can laugh at his childish love for his mother and father — it were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and that he were drowned in the bottom of the sea. When the secret thoughts, and motives, and springs of... | |
 | Henricus Oort, Isaäc Hooykaas, A. Kuenen - 1879 - 786 ページ
...this, in my name, receives me ; 2 but for him who offends one of these little ones, it were better that a millstone were hung about his neck and he were cast into the sea ! Woe to the world because of offences ! for offences must needs come ; yet woe to him by whom... | |
 | sir James Colquhoun (5th bart.) - 1880 - 600 ページ
...to offend,' that is, causes one of those who are weak in the faith, to err, to go wrong, ' it were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck and he cast into the sea.' Let us, therefore, beware that we not only do not err ourselves ; do not permit... | |
 | 1881 - 590 ページ
...What hast thou to say against this sentence, ' Whosoever shall lay a stone of stumbling before any of these little ones, it were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and he cast into the bottom of the sea'?' "We know very well that this passage of the gospel is quite misunderstood,... | |
 | William Greenleaf Eliot - 1882 - 26 ページ
...For it must needs be that offenses come. But woe unto that man by whom the offense cometh. It were better for him that a mill-stone were hung about his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea." The dram-shop system is the mill-stone hanging about the neck of... | |
 | mrs. A Hoblyn - 1885 - 274 ページ
...world. But woe unto those who put a stumbling-block in their way. Said the Lord of such, " It were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depths of the sea." Better any earthly evil should befall him, than that... | |
 | D. & J. Sadlier & Co - 1891 - 400 ページ
...Heaven." 13. "If anyone," He continued, "shall scandalize one of these children who believe in Me, it were better for him that a mill-stone were hung about his neck, and that he were cast into the depths of the sea. 14. " Whoever receives a little child like this in My... | |
 | Willibald Beyschlag - 1895 - 468 ページ
...whose angel, on that account, carries a complaint before God's presence : " It were better for that man that a millstone were hung about his neck, and he were cast into the depths of the sea" (Matt. xviii. 6, 7, 10). Finally, the means by which love may hope most surely to... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1896 - 2120 ページ
...name, receiyeth Me. But he who shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in Me, it were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and he were plunged into the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that... | |
 | 1887 - 400 ページ
...the upright man face his destiny, follow this guide and fear no evil. Otherwise it were far better that a millstone were hung about his neck, and he were cast into the depths of the sea. PYTHAGORAS. The Tea Table has had a sensation! Do you remember the case of " Chalanka"?... | |
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It were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and he were cast into the uttermost depths of the sea. 
