Luke 7:23

Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”

Isaiah 8:14-15

“Then He shall become a sanctuary;
But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over,
And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”

Matthew 13:57-58

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

Luke 2:34

And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign to be opposed—

John 6:60-66

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?”

Romans 9:32-33

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

1 Corinthians 1:21-28

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

1 Peter 2:7-8

This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,
“The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the very corner stone,”

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Luke 7:23

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

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And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign to be opposed—

“Then He shall become a sanctuary;
But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over,
And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?”

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,

“The stone which the builders

rejected,

This became the very corner stone,”