How to Deal with the Erring . Our Saviour said: “Whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in Me, it were better for 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! ... Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father which is in heaven. For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.” {TM 351.1}

Hvordan man skal behandle de vildfarende
Vor Frelser siger, »Men den, der forarger en af disse små, som tror på mig, ham var det bedre, at der var hængt en møllesten om hans hals, og han var sænket i havets dyb. Ve verden for forargelserne! Thi vel er det nødvendigt, at foragelser kommer, dog, ve det menneske, ved hvem forargelsen kommer!... Se til, at I ikke ringeagter en af disse små; thi jeg siger jer: deres engle i Himmelen ser altid min himmelske Faders ansigt. Menneskesønnen er kommen for at frelse det fortabte. Hvad mener I? Hvis et menneske har hundrede får, og et af dem farer vild, vil han så ikke forlade de nioghalvfems oppe på bjergene og gå ud og lede efter det, der fo'r vild? Og lykkes det ham at finde det, sandelig siger jeg eder: han glæder sig mere over det end over de nioghalvfems, som ikke er faret vild. Således er det ikke jeres himmelske Faders vilje, at en eneste af disse små skal fortabes.«