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Isaiah 8:14-15
He will be as a sanctuary, But a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense To both the houses of Israel, As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.And many among them shall stumble; They shall fall and be broken, Be snared and taken.”
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1 Corinthians 1 21-1 Corinthians 1 28
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom;but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,
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Romans 9:32-33
Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.As it is written:“ Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
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Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother,“ Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against
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Matthew 11:6
And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”
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1 Corinthians 2 14
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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1 Peter 2 7-1 Peter 2 8
Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,“ The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,”and“ A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
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John 6:60-66
Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said,“ This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them,“ Does this offend you?What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before?It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him.And He said,“ Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.
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Matthew 13:57-58
So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them,“ A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.”Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
