⁸ and,

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.^(B)

³² Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.^{(A) 33} As it is written:

¹⁶ So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

³⁴ Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother:^(A) “This child is destined to cause the falling^(B) and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

¹⁶ “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary^(A) for them in the countries where they have gone.’

Psalm 46^[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.^[b] A song.

⁵⁷ And they took offense^(A) at him.

But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.”^(B)