Luke 2:34
Then Symeon gave them his blessing, and said to Mary, the child's mother, "This child is destined to bring the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign continuously disputed --
1 Corinthians 1:23
we are preaching the Christ who was crucified -- a message that is a trap-stick to the Jews and nonsense to the Greeks,
Matthew 21:44
Who ever falls upon that stone will be broken to pieces, but whomever it falls upon will be crushed to powder."
Acts 28:22
But we think it fitting to let you tell us what your views are, for as to this sect it is known by all of us that it is everywhere denounced."
1 Peter 2:7-8
So to you who put your trust in Him the honor belongs, but to those who fail to trust Him: "That stone which then the builders threw away Has now become the cornerstone,"
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking with others, and they say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, a chum of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!' And yet wisdom is vindicated by her doings!"
Matthew 12:46
While He was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and His brothers had taken their stand outside, trying hard to get to speak to Him.
Matthew 26:65-67
Then the high priest tore his clothes, and said, "He has uttered blasphemy, What more evidence do we need? You have just heard His blasphemy.
Matthew 27:40-45
and saying, "You who would tear down the temple and build another in three days, save yourself! If you are really the Son of God, come down from the cross."
Matthew 27:63
and said, "Sir, we remember that that pretender said while He was living, 'After three days I will rise again.'
John 3:20
For anyone who is in the habit of doing wrong hates the light, and to keep his actions from being reproved, he does not come out into the daylight.
John 5:18
It was on account of this that the Jews tried all the harder to put Him to death, because He not only persisted in breaking the Sabbath, but also kept on saying that God was His Father, and so was making Himself equal to God.
John 8:48-52
Then the Jews answered Him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and are under the power of a demon?"
John 9:24-29
So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give God the praise; we know this man is a sinner."
Acts 2:36-41
"Therefore, let all the descendants of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."
Acts 3:15-19
and you killed the Prince of life, but God raised Him from the dead, to which fact we are witnesses.
Acts 4:26
The kings of the earth took their stand. The rulers met against the Lord, and too, against His Christ.'
Acts 6:7
So God's message continued to spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem continued to grow rapidly; a large number, even of priests, continued to surrender to the faith.
Acts 9:1-20
Now Saul, as he was still breathing threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were completely overcome by their jealousy and began to contradict the statements made by Paul, and even to abuse him.
Acts 17:6
They stopped at Jason's house and tried to bring them out to the people. So, as they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the town magistrates, shouting, "These fellows, who have turned the world topsy-turvy, have come here too,
Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a perfect pest and a distributor of the peace among the Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader in the sect of the Nazarenes;
Romans 9:32
Why? Because they did not try through faith but through what they could do. They have stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble,
2 Corinthians 2:15-16
Indeed, I am the fragrance of Christ to God, alike for those who are being saved and for those who are perishing;
Hebrews 7:1
For this man Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was coming back from the defeat of the kings, and put his blessing on him,
Hebrews 7:7
Now beyond any contradiction, it is always the inferior that is blessed by the superior.
Hebrews 12:1-3
Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,
1 Peter 4:14
If you are suffering abuse because you bear the name of Christ, you are happy, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.