11 Bible Verses about Rejection Of Christ

Have you never read this passage of Scripture: "'That stone which the builders threw away has now become the cornerstone;

And suddenly all the town turned out to meet Jesus, and as soon as they saw Him, they begged Him to move on and leave their neighborhood.

Then Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures: 'That stone which the builders threw away has become the cornerstone; this is the work of the Lord and seems wonderful to us!'

Is He not the carpenter, Mary's son, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And do not His sisters live here among us?" And so they found a cause for stumbling over him.

Then all the people in the synagogue, on hearing these things, were filled with fury,

and they rose up and drove Him out of town and took Him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, to hurl Him down the cliff.

But first He has to endure much suffering, and be disowned by this age.

But they all together began to shout, "Away with this fellow, but let us have Barabbas released!

He came into His own world, but His own people did not welcome Him.

I have come in my Father's name, but you refuse to accept me. If anyone else should come in his own name, you would accept him.

Whoever persistently rejects me and refuses to accept my teachings has something to judge him -- the very message I have spoken will judge him on the last day.