34 Then Simeon blessed them and told his mother Mary, “Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel(A) and to be a sign that will be opposed[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:34 Or spoken against

33 As it is written,

Look, I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,
and the one who believes on him(A)
will not be put to shame.[a](B)

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  1. 9:33 Is 8:14; 28:16

and

A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over.[a](A)

They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined(B) for this.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:8 Is 8:14

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