Matthew 18:7 Woe to the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes! 1. The unavoidables of offences. 2. The woes pronounced against them. I. What we are to understand here by offences. II. From whence the unavoidableness of them doth arise. III. That offences are of woeful consequence, both to men in general, and to those particular persons by whom they come. (Bishop Fowler.) Parallel Verses KJV: Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! |