Note 1 at Mt 26:31: According to Mr 4:17, being offended stops God's Word from bearing fruit in our lives. Jesus had certainly given the Father's words to His disciples, and in just a matter of minutes, Jesus would privately give His disciples one of His longest discourses recorded in Scripture (Joh 14-16), for the express purpose of keeping them from being offended during the time between His crucifixion and resurrection (Joh 16:1). But Satan was able to steal away that word because the disciples took offense.