Matthew 11:6

11:6 Blessed is anyone ¹  who takes no offense at me.”

Matthew 13:21

13:21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; ²  when ³  trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Matthew 13:57

13:57 And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”

Matthew 26:31-34

The Prediction of Peter’s Denial

26:31 Then Jesus said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written:

‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ ⁴ 

26:32 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.” 26:33 Peter ⁵  said to him, “If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!” 26:34 Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, ⁶  on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

Mark 4:17

4:17 But ⁷  they have no root in themselves and do not endure. ⁸  Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

John 6:60-61

6:60 Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, ⁹  said, “This is a difficult ¹⁰  saying! ¹¹  Who can understand it?” ¹²  6:61 When Jesus was aware ¹³  that his disciples were complaining ¹⁴  about this, he said to them, “Does this cause you to be offended? ¹⁵ 

John 6:66-67

Peter’s Confession

6:66 After this many of his disciples quit following him ¹⁶  and did not accompany him ¹⁷  any longer. 6:67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?” ¹⁸ 

John 6:2

6:2 A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.

John 1:15

1:15 John ¹⁹  testified ²⁰  about him and shouted out, ²¹  “This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, ²²  because he existed before me.’”

John 1:2

1:2 The Word ²³  was with God in the beginning.

John 4:10

4:10 Jesus answered ²⁴  her, “If you had known ²⁵  the gift of God and who it is who said to you, ‘Give me some water ²⁶  to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” ²⁷ 

John 4:16

4:16 He ²⁸  said to her, “Go call your husband and come back here.” ²⁹ 

[11:6]  ¹ tn Grk “whoever.”

[13:21]  ² tn Grk “is temporary.”

[13:21]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:31]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.

[26:33]  ⁵ tn Grk “answering, Peter said to him.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:34]  ⁶ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[4:17]  ⁷ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[4:17]  ⁸ tn Grk “are temporary.”

[6:60]  ⁹ tn The words “these things” are not present in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context, and must be supplied for the English reader.

[6:60]  ¹⁰ tn Or “hard,” “demanding.”

[6:60]  ¹¹ tn Or “teaching”; Grk “word.”

[6:60]  ¹² tn Or “obey it”; Grk “hear it.” The Greek word ἀκούω (akouw) could imply hearing with obedience here, in the sense of “obey.” It could also point to the acceptance of what Jesus had just said, (i.e., “who can accept what he said?” However, since the context contains several replies by those in the crowd of hearers that suggest uncertainty or confusion over the meaning of what Jesus had said (6:42; 6:52), the meaning “understand” is preferred here.

[6:61]  ¹³ tn Grk “When Jesus knew within himself.”

[6:61]  ¹⁴ tn Or “were grumbling.”

[6:61]  ¹⁵ tn Or “Does this cause you to no longer believe?” (Grk “cause you to stumble?”)

[6:66]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “many of his disciples went back to what lay behind.”

[6:66]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “were not walking with him.”

[6:67]  ¹⁸ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here it is “do you?”).

[1:15]  ¹⁹ sn John refers to John the Baptist.

[1:15]  ²⁰ tn Or “bore witness.”

[1:15]  ²¹ tn Grk “and shouted out saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant is English and has not been translated.

[1:15]  ²² tn Or “has a higher rank than I.”

[1:2]  ²³ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the Word) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:10]  ²⁴ tn Grk “answered and said to her.”

[4:10]  ²⁵ tn Or “if you knew.”

[4:10]  ²⁶ tn The phrase “some water” is supplied as the understood direct object of the infinitive πεῖν (pein).

[4:10]  ²⁷ tn This is a second class conditional sentence in Greek.

[4:16]  ²⁸ tc Most witnesses have “Jesus” here, either with the article (א^c C² D L W^s Ψ 086 Ï lat) or without (א* A Θ Ë^1,13 al), while several important and early witnesses lack the name (Ì^66,75 B C* 33^vid pc). It is unlikely that scribes would have deliberately expunged the name of Jesus from the text here, especially since it aids the reader with the flow of the dialogue. Further, that the name occurs both anarthrously and with the article suggests that it was a later addition. (For similar arguments, see the tc note on “woman” in 4:11).

[4:16]  ²⁹ tn Grk “come here” (“back” is implied).