Luke 2:34
but Symeon blessed them, and to his mother Mary he said, "This child is destined for the downfall as well as for the rise of many a one in Israel; destined to be a Sign for man's attack ??35 to bring out the secret aims of many a heart. And your own soul will be pierced by a spear."
John 8:47
He who belongs to God listens to the words of God; you do not listen to them, because you do not belong to God."
John 18:37
"So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."
Matthew 11:19
the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."
Matthew 13:11-12
He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people.
Luke 4:28-29
When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage;
Luke 7:23
And blessed is he who is repelled by nothing in me!"
John 3:19-20
And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;
John 9:39
Then said Jesus, "It is for judgment that I have come into this world, to make the sightless see, to make the seeing blind."
John 15:24
They would not be guilty, if I had not done deeds among them such as no one has ever done; but, as it is, they have seen ??and they have hated ??both me and my Father.
Romans 7:12
So the Law at any rate is holy, the command is holy, just, and for our good.
Romans 9:32-33
And why? Simply because Israel has relied not on faith but on what they could do. They have stumbled over the stone that makes men stumble ??33 as it is written, Here I lay a stone in Sion that will make men stumble, even a rock to trip them up; but he who believes in Him will never be disappointed.
2 Corinthians 2:15-16
I live for God as the fragrance of Christ breathed alike on those who are being saved and on those who are perishing,
1 Peter 2:7-8
Now you believe, you hold him 'precious,' but as for the unbelieving ??the very stone the builders rejected is now the cornerstone,