Luke 7:23
Blessed is he who is not offended by me.
Isaiah 8:14-15
He will be a place of safety for you. But he will be a rock that makes people trip and a stumbling block for both kingdoms of Israel. He will be a trap and a snare for those who live in Jerusalem.
Matthew 11:6
Blessed and happy is he who is not offended by me.
Matthew 13:57-58
They resented him. But Jesus responded to them: A prophet is without honor in his own country, and in his own house.
Luke 2:34
Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother: This child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel and for a sign that is spoken against.
John 6:60-66
When they heard this many of his disciples said: This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?
Romans 9:32-33
Why? It is because it was not based on the principle of faith, but on that of works. They have stumbled at the stumbling stone.
1 Corinthians 1:21-28
This is the wisdom of God that the world through its wisdom did not come to know God. God was well pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God. They are foolishness to him! He cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Peter 2:7-8
This precious value is for those who believe. But for the unbeliever: The stone that the builders rejected became the cornerstone.