Luke 7:23

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Luke 7:23

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

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Then Simeon blessed them and told His mother Mary: “Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed—

He will be a sanctuary;
but for the two houses of Israel,
He will be a stone to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,
and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And if anyone is not offended because of Me, he is blessed.”

And they were offended by Him.

But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.”

Therefore, when many of His disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard! Who can accept it?”

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached.

But the unbeliever does not welcome what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.

So honor will come to you who believe, but for the unbelieving,

The stone that the builders rejected—
this One has become the cornerstone,