Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”

Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’

Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’

“Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

And the king will answer them, ‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’

Then he will answer them, ‘I tell you the truth, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

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.’