And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman, having lifted up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the belly that bore thee, and the breasts that thou suckled.

Whosoever

Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas?

Then having come near, his disciples said to him, Know thou that the Pharisees were offended when they heard the saying?

Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks. For it is necessary that the stumbling-blocks come, yet woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block comes.

And then many will be caused to stumble, and they will betray each other and will hate each other.

Then Jesus says to them, All ye will be caused to stumble by me in this night, for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

And he shall be for a sanctuary, but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a net and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this man is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign being repudiated

And he said to them, Ye will doubtless say to me this proverb: Physician, heal thyself. How many things we heard that happened at Capernaum, do also here in thy fatherland.

Therefore many of his disciples having heard, said, This is a hard saying. Who can listen to it?

Others said, This is the Christ. Others said, For does the Christ come out of Galilee?

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

And because Jews demand a sign and Greeks search for wisdom

Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually.

But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling-block of the cross has been abolished.

and, A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, men who stumble at the word, being disobedient, for which also they were set.

General references

And he said to them, The Son of man is lord also of the Sabbath.

And the disciples of John informed him about all these things.

I have spoken these things to you, so that ye may not be caused to stumble.