1 耶稣又对门徒说，绊倒人的事是免不了的。但那绊倒人的有祸了。
Jesussaid to his disciples: 'Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, butwoe to that person through whom they come.
2 就是把磨石拴在这人的颈项上，丢在海里，还强如他把这小子里的一个绊倒了。Itwould be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied aroundhis neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
3 你们要谨慎。若是你的弟兄得罪你，就劝戒他。他若懊悔，就饶恕他。Sowatch yourselves. 'If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgivehim.
4 倘若他一天七次得罪你，又七次回转说，我懊悔了，你总要饶恕他。Ifhe sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you andsays, `I repent,' forgive him.'
Theapostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith!'
6 主说，你们若有信心像一粒芥菜种，就是对这棵桑树说，你要拔起根来栽在海里，他也必听从你们。Hereplied, 'If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to thismulberry tree, `Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.
7 你们谁有仆人耕地，或是放羊，从田里回来，就对他说，你快来坐下吃饭呢？'Supposeone of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say tothe servant when he comes in from the field, `Come along now and sit down toeat'?
8 岂不对他说，你给我预备晚饭，束上带子伺候我，等我吃喝完了，你才可以吃喝吗？Wouldhe not rather say, `Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me whileI eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink'?
Wouldhe thank the servant because he did what he was told to do?
10 这样，你们作完了一切所吩咐的，只当说，我们是无用的仆人。所作的本是我们应分作的。Soyou also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, `Weare unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.''
