And he said to his disciples, It is impossible for the stumbling-blocks not to come, but woe to him through whom they come!

He is like a man who builds a house, who dug and excavated, and laid a foundation upon the rock. And when a flood developed, the stream beat upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

And another fell on the rock, and having grown, it withered away because of not having moisture.

And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no root, who believe for a time, and withdraw in time of trial.

And having taken it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher cut in rock, of which no man was yet lain.