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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus continues to use a little child to teach the disciples and warns against the terrible consequences of causing children to sin.
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# to the world
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Here "world" refers to people. Alternate translation: "to the people of the world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# stumbling blocks ... those stumbling blocks come ... the person through whom those stumbling blocks come
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Here "stumbling" is a metaphor for sin. Alternate translation: "things that cause people to sin ... things come that cause people to sin ... any person who causes others to sin" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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