He said to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”

“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord God. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.

They do not crowd each other,
They march everyone in his path;
When they burst through the defenses,
They do not break ranks.

You shall not curse a deaf man, nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the Lord.

Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this—not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s way.

It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.

Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.

giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,

But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

But Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

But Jesus called for them, saying, “Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God;

But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me.

And it will be said,
“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
Remove every obstacle out of the way of My people.”

However, so that we do not offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for you and Me.”

“I will not let you hear insults from the nations anymore, nor will you bear disgrace from the peoples any longer, nor will you cause your nation to stumble any longer,” declares the Lord God.’”