Stumble
Jesus warned against this sort of thing in Matthew 18, in which he instructed his followers that whoever is guilty of causing people to stumble in the faith is in danger of a severe judgment. As a matter of fact, it would be better if a millstone was hung around that person's neck and he was thrown into the sea.
On a side note, modern Christians often overlook the immediate context into which Jesus spoke. For instance, many Christians walk in fear as to whether or not they have committed the unpardonable sin. But Jesus wasn't dooming well-meaning Christians to a life of worry over inadvertently violating the unpardonable sin. He was addressing the hardened religious leaders of his day. (It's not that we are impervious to succumbing to this temptation. It's just that Jesus words were aimed at his immediate context. Thus, they should be filtered through this context so we can properly gauge his intent.)
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