1 ^xAnd he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin¹ are sure to come, but ^ywoe to the one through whom they come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.² 3 Pay attention to yourselves! ^zIf your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, 4 and if he sins against you ^aseven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

5 The apostles said to the Lord, ^b“Increase our faith!” 6 And the Lord said, “If you had ^cfaith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.