Matthew 13:57
And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his [own] hometown and in his [own] household."
Luke 4:24
And he said, "Truly I say to you that no prophet is acceptable in his [own] hometown.
John 4:44
For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own homeland.
Matthew 11:6
And whoever is not offended by me is blessed."
John 6:61
But Jesus, [because he] knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?
Isaiah 8:14
And he will become like a sanctuary and a stumbling-stone, and like a stumbling-rock for the two houses of Israel, like a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 49:7
Thus says Yahweh, the redeemer of Israel, his holy one, to the one who despises life, to the one who abhors [the] nation, to [the] slave of rulers: "Kings shall see and stand up; princes, and they shall bow down, for the sake of Yahweh, who [is] faithful, the holy one of Israel, and he has chosen you."
Isaiah 53:3
[He was] despised and rejected [by] men, a man of suffering, and acquainted with sickness, and like {one from whom others hide their faces}, [he was] despised, and we did not hold him in high regard.
Mark 6:3
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they were offended by him.
Mark 6:14
And King Herod heard [it], because his name had become known. And they were saying, "John, the one who baptizes, has been raised from the dead, and because of this these miraculous powers are at work in him."
Luke 2:34-35
And Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed--
Luke 7:23
And whoever is not offended by me is blessed."
John 6:42
and they were saying, "Is this one not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"
Acts 3:22-23
Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You will listen to him in everything that he says to you.
Acts 7:37-39
"This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.'
Acts 7:51-52
"[You] stiff-necked [people] and uncircumcised in hearts and in [your] ears! You constantly resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers [did], [so] also [do] you!
1 Corinthians 1:23-28
but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness,