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 13:55-57
55 dIs not this ethe carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not fhis brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” 57And gthey took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, h“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”Matthew 15:12-14
12Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were ioffended when they heard this saying?” 13He answered, j“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted kwill be rooted up. 14Let them alone; lthey are blind guides. ▼▼Some manuscripts add of the blind
And nif the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” Matthew 18:7
Temptations to Sin
7“Woe to the world for otemptations to sin! ▼▼Greek stumbling blocks
qFor it is necessary that temptations come, rbut woe to the one by whom the temptation comes! Matthew 24:10
10And then many will fall away ▼▼Or stumble
and tbetray one another and hate one another. Matthew 26:31
31Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will ustrike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’Luke 2:34
34And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed vfor the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign wthat is opposed
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