Luke 7:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.””
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BSBPD
“Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and happy is he whoever may not be stumbled in me.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Luke 7:23 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 8:14And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
- Matthew 11:6Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
- Matthew 13:57And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
- Luke 2:34Then 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,
- John 6:60On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
- Romans 9:32Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
- 1 Corinthians 1:21For 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 2:14The 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 2:7To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
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