¹⁵ And many among them shall stumble; they shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”^(A)

⁴⁴ The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”^[a]

¹⁷ But he looked at them and said, “What then does this text mean:

¹⁸ “Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”^(B)

²³ but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to gentiles,^(A)

³² Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,^(A)

⁶⁶ Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him.

¹⁴ Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind.^[a] And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”^(A)

⁶ And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”^(A)