Matthew 11:6

6And blessed is the one who ais not offended by me.”

Matthew 13:21

21yet he has no root in himself, but bendures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately che falls away.
Or stumbles

Matthew 16:23

23But he turned and said to Peter, eGet behind me, Satan! You are fa hindrance
Greek stumbling block
to me. For you hare not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”


Matthew 18:6-7

6but iwhoever causes one of these jlittle ones who believe in me to sin,
Greek  causes . . . to stumble; also verses 8, 9
it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.


Temptations to Sin

7Woe to the world for ltemptations to sin!
Greek stumbling blocks
nFor it is necessary that temptations come, obut woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!

Matthew 26:31

31Then Jesus said to them, You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will pstrike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

Luke 17:2

2 qIt would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
Greek stumble

Romans 9:33

33as it is written,

sBehold, I am laying in Zion ta stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
uand whoever believes in him will not be vput to shame.”

Romans 14:20-21

20 wDo not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. xEverything is indeed clean, but yit is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. 21 zIt is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
Some manuscripts add or be hindered or be weakened
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