Luke 7:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And happy is he, that is not offended at me.

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  • Isa 8:14-15 : 14 For he shalbe the holy place to flee to, and stone to stumble at, the rocke to fall vpon, a snare and net to both the houses of Israel, and the inhabitours of Hierusalem: 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, yea they shalbe snared and taken.
  • Matt 11:6 : 6 And happy is he that is not offended in me.
  • Matt 13:57-58 : 57 And they were offended in hym. Iesus sayde vnto them: A prophete is not without honour, saue in his owne countrey, and in his owne house. 58 And he did not many mightie workes there, because of their vnbeliefe.
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon blessed them, & saide vnto Marie his mother: beholde, this chylde is set to be the fall & vprysyng agayne of many in Israel, & for a signe which is spoken agaynst.
  • John 6:60-66 : 60 Many therfore of his disciples, when they had hearde this, saide: This is an harde saying, who can abyde the hearyng of it? 61 Iesus knewe in hym selfe, that his disciples murmured at it, and he sayde vnto them, doth this offende you? 62 What and yf ye shall see the sonne of man ascende vp thyther where he was before? 63 It is the spirite that quickeneth, the fleshe profiteth nothyng. The wordes that I speake vnto you, are spirite and lyfe. 64 But there are some of you that beleue not. For Iesus knewe from the begynning, which they were that beleued not, and who shoulde betray hym. 65 And he sayde: Therfore saide I vnto you, that no man can come vnto me, except it were geue vnto him of my father. 66 From that time, many of his disciples wet backe, & walked no more with him.
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Wherfore? Because they sought it not by fayth: but as it were by the workes of the lawe. For they haue stumbled at the stumblyng stone, 33 As it is written: Beholde, I put in Sion a stumblyng stone, and a rocke of offence: And whosoeuer beleueth on hym, shall not be confounded.
  • 1 Cor 1:21-28 : 21 For after that the world through wisedome knewe not God, in the wisedome of God: it pleased God through foolishnesse of preachyng to saue them that beleue. 22 For the Iewes require a signe, & the Grekes seke after wisedome: 23 But we preache Christe crucified, vnto the Iewes a stumblyng blocke, and vnto the Grekes foolyshnesse: 24 But vnto them which are called both of the Iewes and Grekes we preache Christe the power of God, and the wisedome of God. 25 For the foolishnesse of God, is wiser then men, and the weakenesse of God, is stronger then men. 26 Brethren, ye see your callyng, howe that not many wise men after the fleshe, not many myghtie, not many noble are called. 27 But God hath chosen the foolyshe thynges of the worlde, to confounde the wise: And God hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde, to confounde thynges which are myghtie: 28 And vnnoble thynges of the worlde, & thinges which are despysed, hath God chosen, yea and thinges which are not, to bryng to naught thynges that are:
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the naturall man perceaueth not the thynges of ye spirite of God, for they are foolyshenesse vnto hym: Neither can he knowe them because they are spiritually discerned.
  • 1 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 Unto you therfore which beleue, he is precious: but vnto them whiche beleue not, the stone which the buylders refused, the same is made the head of the corner: 8 And a stone that men stumble at, and a rocke wherat they be offended, whiche stumble at the worde, and beyng disobedient, vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeyned.

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