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;
1 Corinthians 1:23
while we proclaim a Christ who has been crucified--to the Jews a stumbling-block, to Gentiles foolishness,
Matthew 21:44
He who falls on this stone will be severely hurt; but he on whom it falls will be utterly crushed."
Acts 28:22
But we should be glad to hear from you what it is that you believe; for as for this sect all we know is that it is everywhere spoken against."
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,"
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 12:46
While He was still addressing the people His mother and His brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring to speak to Him.
Matthew 26:65-67
Then the High Priest tore his robes and exclaimed, "Impious language! What further need have we of witnesses! See, you have now heard the impiety.
Matthew 27:40-45
and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, come down from the cross."
Matthew 27:63
"Sir," they said, "we recollect that during his lifetime that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise to life again.
John 3:20
For every wrongdoer hates the light, and does not come to the light, for fear his actions should be exposed and condemned.
John 5:18
On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.
John 8:48-52
"Are we not right," answered the Jews, "in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?"
John 9:24-29
A second time therefore they called the man who had been blind, and said, "Give God the praise: we know that that man is a sinner."
Acts 2:36-41
"Therefore let the whole House of Israel know beyond all doubt that God has made Him both LORD and CHRIST--this Jesus whom you crucified."
Acts 3:15-19
The Prince of Life you put to death; but God has raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses as to that.
Acts 4:26
The kings of the earth came near, and the rulers assembled together against the Lord and against His Anointed.'"
Acts 6:7
Meanwhile God's Message continued to spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem very greatly increased, and very many priests obeyed the faith.
Acts 9:1-20
Now Saul, whose every breath was a threat of destruction for the disciples of the Lord,
Acts 13:45
Seeing the crowds, the Jews, filled with angry jealousy, opposed Paul's statements and abused him.
Acts 17:6
But, failing to find them, they dragged Jason and some of the other brethren before the magistrates of the city, loudly accusing them. "These men," they said, "who have raised a tumult throughout the Empire, have come here also.
Acts 24:5
For we have found this man Paul a source of mischief and a disturber of the peace among all the Jews throughout the Empire, and a ringleader in the heresy of the Nazarenes.
Romans 9:32
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;
Hebrews 7:1
For this man, Melchizedek, King of Salem and priest of the Most High God--he who when Abraham was returning after defeating the kings met him and pronounced a blessing on him--
Hebrews 7:7
And beyond all dispute it is always the inferior who is blessed by the superior.
Hebrews 12:1-3
Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
1 Peter 4:14
You are to be envied, if you are being reproached for bearing the name of Christ; for in that case the Spirit of glory-- even the Spirit of God--is resting upon you.