"These things I have spoken to you, so that you would not stumble.
And blessed is he who has found no offense in me."
But he has no root in himself, so it is only for a time; then, when tribulation and persecution occur because of the word, he promptly stumbles.
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house."
And then many will be led into sin, and will betray one another, and will have hatred for one another.
These things I have spoken to you, so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be fulfilled.
But these things I have spoken to you, so that, when the hour for these things will have arrived, you may remember that I told you.
It is good to refrain from eating meat and from drinking wine, and from anything by which your brother is offended, or led astray, or weakened.
so that you may be confirmed in what is better, in order that you may be sincere and without offense on the day of Christ:
and a stone of offense, and a rock of scandal, to those who are offended by the Word; neither do they believe, though they also have been built upon him.