1 Corinthians 1:23
But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness;
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Galatians 5:11
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then hath the offense of the cross ceased.
Luke 2:34
And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
1 Corinthians 2:2
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
1 Peter 2:8
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them who stumble at the word, being disobedient: to which also they were appointed.
Isaiah 8:14-15
And he will be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.
Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
Matthew 11:6
And blessed is he to whom I shall not be the cause of his falling into sin.
Matthew 13:57
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.
Luke 24:46-47
And said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
John 6:53-66
Then Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Acts 7:32-35
Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
Acts 10:39-43
And we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree.
Romans 9:32-33
Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone;
1 Corinthians 1:28
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are:
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
Galatians 6:14
But may it never be that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
Ephesians 3:8
To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;