Matthew 21:44
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44 Anyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone it falls on.[a]”
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- 21:44 This verse is not included in some early manuscripts. Compare Luke 20:18.
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.”
Daniel 2:34-35
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34 As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain,[a] but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits. 35 The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.
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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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Daniel 2:44-45
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44 “During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever. 45 That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God was showing the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its meaning is certain.”
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Romans 9:33
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33 God warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said,
“I am placing a stone in Jerusalem[a] that makes people stumble,
a rock that makes them fall.
But anyone who trusts in him
will never be disgraced.”[b]
Luke 20:18
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18 Everyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone it falls on.”
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Matthew 27:25
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25 And all the people yelled back, “We will take responsibility for his death—we and our children!”[a]
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- 27:25 Greek “His blood be on us and on our children.”
Hebrews 2:2-3
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2 For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished. 3 So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?
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1 Thessalonians 2:16
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16 as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.
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Matthew 26:24
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24 For the Son of Man must die, as the Scriptures declared long ago. But how terrible it will be for the one who betrays him. It would be far better for that man if he had never been born!”
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Zechariah 12:3
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3 On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.
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Psalm 2:9
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9 You will break[a] them with an iron rod
and smash them like clay pots.’”
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
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3 If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing. 4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
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John 19:11
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11 Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”
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Isaiah 60:12
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12 For the nations that refuse to serve you
will be destroyed.
Psalm 110:5-6
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5 The Lord stands at your right hand to protect you.
He will strike down many kings when his anger erupts.
6 He will punish the nations
and fill their lands with corpses;
he will shatter heads over the whole earth.
Psalm 21:8-9
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8 You will capture all your enemies.
Your strong right hand will seize all who hate you.
9 You will throw them in a flaming furnace
when you appear.
The Lord will consume them in his anger;
fire will devour them.
Psalm 2:12
New Living Translation
12 Submit to God’s royal son,[a] or he will become angry,
and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—
for his anger flares up in an instant.
But what joy for all who take refuge in him!
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- 2:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
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