“I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away. ¹ 

Peter ¹  said to him, “If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!”

For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them ¹  to sin.

Blessed is anyone ¹  who takes no offense at me.”

Then many will be led into sin, ¹  and they will betray one another and hate one another.

Peter said to him, “Even if they all fall away, I will not!”

Blessed is anyone ¹  who takes no offense at me.”

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, ¹  and I do not burn with indignation?

Then the disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that when the Pharisees ¹  heard this saying they were offended?”

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; ¹  when ²  trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”

But ¹  they have no root in themselves and do not endure. ²  Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

Then ¹  Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ ² 

It would be better for him to have a millstone ¹  tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea ²  than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. ³ 

When Jesus was aware ¹  that his disciples were complaining ²  about this, he said to them, “Does this cause you to be offended? ³ 

If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

“But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, ¹  it would be better for him to have a huge millstone ²  hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea. ³ 

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have ¹  two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell. ² 

Then Jesus said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ ¹ 

Isn’t this the carpenter, the son ¹  of Mary ²  and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him.