And, “It’s a stone that causes people to trip, a rock that makes them fall.” People who don’t obey the message trip and fall, just the way God planned it.
But because they have no roots, they last only a short time. When trouble or suffering comes because of the message, they quickly fall away from the faith.
I’ve told you this so that when their time comes, you’ll remember that I warned you about them. I didn’t tell you this from the beginning because I was with you.
And they couldn’t believe in Jesus because they were stuck on these questions. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own town and in his own home.”