Mark 9:42

so he will cleanse many nations. Kings will shut their mouths at him; for they will see that which had not been told them, and they will understand that which they had not heard.

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck, and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children,

“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.

“I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

Avoid a factious man after a first and second warning,

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

These are those who cause divisions and are sensual, not having the Spirit.

Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s face.

Micaiah said, “Therefore hear Yahweh’s word. I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”

For Yahweh of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.

The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, “Cornelius!”

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory. Then he was eaten by worms and died.

know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

Abstain from every form of evil.

But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

For already some have turned away after Satan.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

“ ‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),

“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”

As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of Yahweh’s glory. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are Yahweh’s eyes, which run back and forth through the whole earth.”

“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”

The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did these darnel weeds come from?’

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!

that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”

Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.

Don’t overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.

Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,

Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

But, as it is written, “They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.