And blessed is the [one] who is not offended because of Me."

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guides the blind, both will fall into a ditch."

And he who falls on this Stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."

Then He looked at them and said, "What then is this which is written: 'The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone'?

"Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."

From this [time] many of His disciples turned back and no longer would walk with Him.

but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness,