And many shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”
And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”
But he looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”
And the word of the Lord will be to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,
Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,
After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.
Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.”
We grope for the wall like the blind; we grope like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among those in full vigor we are like dead men.
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