mSee Mark 16:19
wSee 1 Pet. 2:8
Isaiah 8:14-15
14And he will become a asanctuary and ba stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15And many cshall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”Matthew 11:6
6And blessed is the one who dis not offended by me.”Matthew 13:57-58
57And ethey took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, f“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.” 58And he did not do many mighty works there, gbecause of their unbelief.Luke 2:34
34And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed hfor the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign ithat is opposedJohn 6:60-66
The Words of Eternal Life
60 jWhen many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61But Jesus, kknowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 62Then what if you were to see lthe Son of Man mascending to nwhere he was before? 63 oIt is the Spirit who gives life; pthe flesh is no help at all. qThe words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64But rthere are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus sknew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and twho it was who would betray him.) 65And he said, “This is why I told you uthat no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”66 vAfter this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.
Romans 9:32-33
32Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the wstumbling stone, 33as it is written,x“Behold, I am laying in Zion ya stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
zand whoever believes in him will not be aaput to shame.”
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