Luke 2:34

but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has

And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of J

He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high prie

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’

So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests

Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and

But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “Thes

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even callin

You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was sayi

Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin th

And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.

Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader

Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of

because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”

So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sin

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.

“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on M

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors an

And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed

At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now

This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings

But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”