TSK · Matthew 11:6

¶ Book 1(Psalms 1-41) How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!

א(Alef) How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the LORD.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Then the disciples came to him and said,“Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?”

Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary,“Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

As he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out to him,“Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!”

Peter’s Confession After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.

Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but(as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.