Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: "Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

Isaiah 8:14, 15
and He will be a sanctuary. But to both houses of Israel He will be a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, a trap and a snare to the dwellers of Jerusalem. . . .

Matthew 11:6
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me."

Matthew 13:57, 58
And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor." . . .

John 6:60-66
On hearing it, many of His disciples said, "This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?" . . .

Romans 9:32, 33
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, . . .

1 Corinthians 1:21-28
For since in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. . . .

1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Peter 2:7, 8
To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone, " . . .