"But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap;

Thus they were unable in the presence of the people to trap him with his own words. And stunned by his answer, they fell silent.

like a trap. For it will come upon all who reside on the face of the whole earth.

they were lying in wait for Him to trap Him in something He said.

They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

But he that heareth and doth not, is like a man, that without foundation built a house upon the earth, against which, the flood did beat: and it fell by and by. And the fall of that house was great."

And those people [represented by the seed falling] on rocky ground are those who, upon hearing the word [of God], accept it gladly, but since they have no root [system], they believe it for [only] awhile, and [then] in times of trial fall away [from God].

And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

And Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed--

And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?

Or those eighteen men who were crushed by the fall of the tower of Siloam, were they worse than all the other men living in Jerusalem?

And he said unto them, "I saw Satan, as it had been lightning, fall down from heaven.

But he knew their thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided within itself shall be desolate: and one house shall fall upon another.

And when he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray, lest ye fall into temptation."

and said unto them, "Why sleep ye? Rise, and pray lest ye fall into temptation."

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall into sin.