Note 1 at Mt. 26:31: According to Mark 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 give one of His longest discourses recorded in scripture privately to His disciples (Jn. 14-16) for the express purpose of keeping them from being offended during the time between His crucifixion and resurrection (Jn. 16:1). But Satan was able to steal away that word because the disciples took offense.