Luke 17 begins with two hard sayings of Jesus. The first is a warning to heed. Verses 1-2 say, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 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.”  The second hard saying is a command to obey. Verses 3-4 say, “Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day,...