Verse 23

And blessed is he who is not offended because of me.

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  • Isa 8:14-15 : 14 And He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
  • Matt 11:6 : 6 And blessed is he who does not fall away because of me.
  • Matt 13:57-58 : 57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home. 58 And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 And 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
  • John 6:60-66 : 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can understand it? 61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said to them, Does this offend you? 62 What then if you shall see the Son of Man ascend up where he was before? 63 It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life. 64 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 should betray him. 65 And he said, Therefore I said to you, that no man can come to me, except it were given to him by my Father. 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 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; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense; and whoever believes on Him shall not be put to shame.
  • 1 Cor 1:21-28 : 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness; 24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, God has chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are:
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 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.
  • 1 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 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, 8 And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.