Verse 15

Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 21:44 : 44 The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”
  • Isa 28:13 : 13 So the LORD’s message to them will sound like meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there. As a result, they will fall on their backsides when they try to walk, and be injured, ensnared, and captured.
  • Isa 59:10 : 10 We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.
  • Matt 11:6 : 6 – and blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me!”
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”
  • Luke 20:17-18 : 17 But Jesus looked straight at them and said,“Then what is the meaning of that which is written:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? 18 Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”
  • John 6:66 : 66 Peter’s Confession After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.
  • Rom 9:32 : 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but(as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.