Luke 2:34
Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, "This child is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a token to be spoken against;
John 8:47
He who is a child of God listens to God's words. You do not listen to them: and why? It is because you are not God's children."
John 18:37
"So then *you* are a king!" rejoined Pilate. "Yes," said Jesus, "you say truly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this purpose I have come into the world--to give testimony for the truth. Every one who is a friend of the truth listens to my voice."
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they exclaim, 'See this man! --given to gluttony and tippling, and a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions."
Matthew 13:11-12
"Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.
Luke 4:28-29
Then all in the synagogue, while listening to these words, were filled with fury.
Luke 7:23
And blessed is every one who does not stumble and fall because of my claims."
John 3:19-20
And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.
John 9:39
"I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind."
John 15:24
If I had not done among them, as I have, such miracles as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin; but they have in fact seen and also hated both me and my Father.
Romans 7:12
So that the Law itself is holy, and the Commandment is holy, just and good.
Romans 9:32-33
And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way;
2 Corinthians 2:15-16
For we are a fragrance of Christ grateful to God in those whom He is saving and in those who are perishing;
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
The appearing of the Lawless one will be attended by various miracles and tokens and delusive marvels--for so Satan works--
1 Peter 2:7-8
To you believers, therefore, that honour belongs; but for unbelievers-- "A Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone,"