³⁴ And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary ^(A)His mother, “Behold, this Child is appointed for ^(B)the fall and ^[a]rise of many in Israel, and for a sign to be opposed—

³³ just as it is written,

⁸ and,

^(B)They stumble because they are disobedient to the word, ^(C)and to this stumbling they were also appointed.