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Thematic Bible



as has been written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Verse ConceptsdefeatNot AshamedZion, As A SymbolCornerstoneCapstoneSaving FaithChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithNot DisappointedDisappointment




But I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? then the offence of the cross would be done away. Verse ConceptsAbolitionOffenceNecessity Of CircumcisionSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionPersecution


And having come into His own country He was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Whence this wisdom and these miracles unto Him? Is not He the son of the carpenter? is not His mother called Mary? are not His brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And are not His sisters all here with us? Whence then are these things to Him? read more.
And they were offended in Him. And Jesus said to them; A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.

That if which cometh into the mouth does not defile the man; but that which cometh out from the mouth, that defiles the man. Then His disciples having come to Him say, Do you not know that the Pharisees hearing your word, were offended?

He is the bread having come down from heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died: the one eating this bread shall live forever. And He spoke these things in the synagogue, teaching in Capernaum. Then many of His disciples, hearing, said, This is a hard sermon; who is able to hear it? read more.
And Jesus knowing in Himself that His disciples are murmuring concerning it, said to them, Does this offend you?

Why? Because they sought it not from faith, but as it were from works: they stumbled over the stone of stumbling, Verse ConceptsProphecies Concerning ChristTrusting In WorksSaved By FaithWorks Of The LawConversion Of Israel