Matthew 11:6
And blessed is the man who finds no hindrance in me."
Matthew 24:10
And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.
Matthew 26:31
Then Jesus said to them: "Even you will all fall away from me to-night. Scripture says--'I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
1 Corinthians 2:14
The merely intellectual man rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to him it is mere folly; he cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.
Matthew 5:3-12
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 13:55-57
Is not he the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?
Matthew 15:12-14
On this his disciples came up to him, and said: "Do you know that the Pharisees were shocked on hearing what you said?"
Matthew 18:7
Alas for the world because of such snares! There cannot but be snares; yet alas for the man who is answerable for the snare!
Luke 2:34
Simeon gave them his blessing, and said to Mary, the child's mother: "This child is appointed to be the cause of the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign much spoken against--
Luke 4:23-29
"Doubtless," said Jesus, "you will remind me of the saying-- 'Doctor, cure yourself;' and you will say 'Do here in your own country all that we have heard that has been done at Capernaum.'
Luke 11:27-28
As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd, raising her voice, exclaimed: "Happy was the mother who bore you and nursed you!"
John 6:60-61
On hearing it, many of his disciples said: "This is harsh doctrine! Who can bear to listen to it?"
John 6:66
After this many of his disciples drew back, and did not go about with him any longer.
John 7:41-42
"This is certainly 'the Prophet'!"; others said: "This is the Christ!"; but some asked: "What! does the Christ come from Galilee?
Romans 9:32-33
And why? Because they looked to obedience, and not to faith, to secure it. They stumbled over 'the Stumbling-block.'
1 Corinthians 1:22-23
While Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks study philosophy,
Galatians 5:11
If I, Brothers, am still proclaiming circumcision, why am I still persecuted? It seems that the Cross has ceased to be an obstacle!
1 Peter 2:8
and 'a stumbling-block, and a rock which shall prove a hindrance.' They stumble because they do not accept the Message. This was the fate destined for them.