Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Blessed are you when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall say every evil word against you falsely because of Me.

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor has stood in the way of sinners, nor has sat in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the Law of Jehovah; and in His Law he meditates day and night.

i1 [A Psalm of David. Maschil.] i0 par Blessed is the man whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the man to whom Jehovah does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

ALEPH: Blessed are the upright in the way, who walk in the Law of Jehovah.

And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which You sucked!

But He said, No; rather, blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it.

Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers Jacob, Joses, Simon, and Judas?

So they were offended in Him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.

Then His disciples came and said to Him, Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?

Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into the ditch.

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks, for stumbling blocks must come; but woe to that man by whom the stumbling block comes!

And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.

Then Jesus said to them, All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

And He shall be a sanctuary for you; but a stone of stumbling, and a rock of falling to both the houses of Israel; and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And many among them shall stumble and fall and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against

And He said to them, You will surely say this proverb to Me, Physician, heal yourself. Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your country.

But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;

And many lepers were in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.

and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, in order to throw Him down.

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who is able to hear it?

When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples murmured about this, He said to them, Does this offend you?

From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.

Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Christ does not come out of Galilee.

Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

Why? Because it was not by faith, but as out of works of the Law. For they stumbled at the stumbling stone.

As it is written: Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, and everyone believing on Him will not be put to shame.

For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom;

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

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he is not able to know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.

and a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense. They stumble, being disobedient to the Word, to which they also were appointed.