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As it is written, Behold I lay in Sion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence: and every one that believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Verse ConceptsdefeatNot AshamedZion, As A SymbolCornerstoneCapstoneSaving FaithChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithNot DisappointedDisappointment


And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, to them who stumble, not believing the word, whereunto also they were appointed. Verse ConceptsLibertinismPredestined PlansStumblingAbuse, Of Christian FreedomProphecies Concerning ChristStumbling Over ChristPeople StumblingChrist The RockRoyal Priesthood


But if I, brethren, preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Verse ConceptsAbolitionOffenceNecessity Of CircumcisionSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionPersecution


he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, Whence hath HE this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And his brethren, James and Joses and Simon and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath HE all these things? read more.
And they were offended at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth the man, but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth the man. Then came his disciples and said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees, hearing this saying, were offended?

This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers ate manna, and died: he that eateth of this bread, shall live for ever. These things he said in the synagogue, teaching at Capernaum. Many of his disciples hearing it, said, This is an hard saying: who can hear it? read more.
Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured about this, said to them, Doth this offend you?

Wherefore? Because they sought it, not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law: for they stumbled at that stumbling stone; Verse ConceptsProphecies Concerning ChristTrusting In WorksSaved By FaithWorks Of The LawConversion Of Israel