[American Constitutionalist]

As in ? deliberately causing someone to trip up, to fall, to prevent someone to proceed.
As in ? just like the cut throat situations in offices or even in Churches where some think they deserve a promotion over another and the other person is trying to get a promotion by working hard but the other person in jealousy causes them to stumble ?
Or ? a stumbling block could be preventing someone from hearing the truth about the good news of their salvation in the Gospel ?
Yes, those religious leaders sure did place a lot of laws and stumbling blocks for the people to jump over to even try to get close to God.

[CynicalBear]

Verse 1 of Luke 17 begins with the word “moreover” which indicates that His next comment is tied to His last which was in the last verse of Chapter 16. That verse had to do with believing what scripture says. My take on that is that the “stumbling block” would be something that causes a person to not believe what scripture is saying.

[CynicalBear]

I need to add to my last post.

The “stumbling block” is also a “cause to sin” meaning if someone causes a believer to sin it would be better for a millstone to be hung around his neck”