 | Arvil Jones - 2008 - 358 pages
...him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh (Matthew 18:6,7)! But Jesus went farther in His teaching, saying... | |
 | William Sloane Coffin - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 630 pages
...interpreted that event in his Second Inaugural: Quoting from the 1 8th chapter of Matthew he says, "Woe, unto the world because of offenses! For it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!" If we shall suppose of those offenses that American Slavery... | |
 | E. J. Dionne - Political Science - 2008 - 270 pages
...bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we not be judged. The prayers of both could not be answered — that of neither has been answered fully. Price cites Niebuhr's view that this passage "puts the relation of our moral commitments in history... | |
 | Donald G. Lett - History - 2008 - 597 pages
...the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. ..The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully... If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God,... | |
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Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not,... 
