It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the crowd lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you."

Whosoever

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

Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"

"Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks. For there will always be something to cause people to stumble, but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes.

Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

And he will be a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock that makes them fall to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Look, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself. Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"

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

Others said, "This is the Messiah." But some said, "What, does the Messiah come out of Galilee?

Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

Now the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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

and, "a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

General references

He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

The disciples of John told him about all these things.

"I have said all these things to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.