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Matthew 11:6
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Matthew 11:6
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6 And he added, “God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.[a]”
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- 11:6 Or who are not offended by me.
Matthew 11:6
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Matthew 11:6
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6 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”(A)
Isaiah 8:14-15
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Isaiah 8:14-15
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14 He will keep you safe.
But to Israel and Judah
he will be a stone that makes people stumble,
a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem
he will be a trap and a snare.
15 Many will stumble and fall,
never to rise again.
They will be snared and captured.”
Isaiah 8:14-15
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Isaiah 8:14-15
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14 He will be a holy place;(A)
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone(B) that causes people to stumble(C)
and a rock that makes them fall.(D)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare.(E)
15 Many of them will stumble;(F)
they will fall and be broken,
they will be snared and captured.”
1 Corinthians 2:14
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1 Corinthians 2:14
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14 But people who aren’t spiritual[a] can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.
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- 2:14 Or who don’t have the Spirit; or who have only physical life.
1 Corinthians 2:14
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1 Corinthians 2:14
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14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
Matthew 26:31
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Matthew 26:31
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Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
31 On the way, Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say,
‘God will strike[a] the Shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
Matthew 26:31
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Matthew 26:31
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Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial(A)
31 Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me,(B) for it is written:
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- Matthew 26:31 Zech. 13:7
Luke 4:23-29
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Luke 4:23-29
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23 Then he said, “You will undoubtedly quote me this proverb: ‘Physician, heal yourself’—meaning, ‘Do miracles here in your hometown like those you did in Capernaum.’ 24 But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his own hometown.
25 “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land. 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner—a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon. 27 And many in Israel had leprosy in the time of the prophet Elisha, but the only one healed was Naaman, a Syrian.”
28 When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious. 29 Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff,
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Luke 4:23-29
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Luke 4:23-29
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23 Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown(A) what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’”(B)
24 “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.(C) 25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.(D) 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.(E) 27 And there were many in Israel with leprosy[a] in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”(F)
28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. 29 They got up, drove him out of the town,(G) and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff.
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- Luke 4:27 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
Romans 9:32-33
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Romans 9:32-33
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32 Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law[a] instead of by trusting in him. They stumbled over the great rock in their path. 33 God warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said,
“I am placing a stone in Jerusalem[b] that makes people stumble,
a rock that makes them fall.
But anyone who trusts in him
will never be disgraced.”[c]
Romans 9:32-33
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Romans 9:32-33
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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:
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- Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16
Luke 11:27-28
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Luke 11:27-28
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27 As he was speaking, a woman in the crowd called out, “God bless your mother—the womb from which you came, and the breasts that nursed you!”
28 Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”
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Luke 11:27-28
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Luke 11:27-28
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27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”(A)
28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God(B) and obey it.”(C)
Matthew 24:10
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Matthew 24:10
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10 And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other.
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Matthew 24:10
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Matthew 24:10
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10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,
John 6:66
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John 6:66
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66 At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him.
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John 6:66
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John 6:66
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66 From this time many of his disciples(A) turned back and no longer followed him.
John 6:60-61
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John 6:60-61
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Many Disciples Desert Jesus
60 Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”
61 Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you?
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John 6:60-61
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John 6:60-61
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Many Disciples Desert Jesus
60 On hearing it, many of his disciples(A) said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”(B)
61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?(C)
Matthew 18:7
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Matthew 18:7
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7 “What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.
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Matthew 18:7
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Matthew 18:7
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7 Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!(A)
Matthew 13:55-57
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Matthew 13:55-57
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55 Then they scoffed, “He’s just the carpenter’s son, and we know Mary, his mother, and his brothers—James, Joseph,[a] Simon, and Judas. 56 All his sisters live right here among us. Where did he learn all these things?” 57 And they were deeply offended and refused to believe in him.
Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his own family.”
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- 13:55 Other manuscripts read Joses; still others read John.
Matthew 13:55-57
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Matthew 13:55-57
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55 “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son?(A) Isn’t his mother’s(B) name Mary, and aren’t his brothers(C) James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? 56 Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” 57 And they took offense(D) at him.
But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.”(E)
1 Peter 2:8
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1 Peter 2:8
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8 And,
“He is the stone that makes people stumble,
the rock that makes them fall.”[a]
They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.
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1 Peter 2:8
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1 Peter 2:8
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8 and,
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(B)
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- 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14
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