• PER201 Offenses and occasions for stumbling

    Pericope PER201 presents Jesus' private teaching in Capernaum on offenses and occasions for stumbling. He distinguishes two cases: those who cause new converts to stumble, and Christians confronted with their own weaknesses. Through radical bodily metaphors, Jesus calls us to eliminate everything that leads to sin, stressing that life in the kingdom of God is worth any sacrifice. Matthew, Mark and Luke report this teaching with complementary nuances.

    Proverbs 4.23 (King James Version) :
    Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.Notewith…: Heb. above all keepingNotea froward…: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lipsNotelet…: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright
    King James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org
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