⁴² And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

⁶ But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

¹ And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

² It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

¹⁰ Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

⁶ For they made the blood of saints and prophets come out like a stream, and blood have you given them for drink; which is their right reward.

⁷ And a voice came from the altar, saying, Even so, O Lord God, Ruler of all, true and full of righteousness is your judging.

⁹ And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.

¹⁰ And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth?

² And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.

¹⁴ So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

⁶ For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,

⁷ And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,

⁸ To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

⁹ Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

¹⁰ So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

³ Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

³² Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.

³³ Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.

¹⁰ For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?

¹¹ And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.

¹² And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

¹³ For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.

¹⁷ Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.

²¹ But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

¹³ Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

¹¹ And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

¹² Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,

¹³ In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.

¹⁴ And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.

⁴ And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

⁴⁵ Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.

⁴⁶ And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.