Luke 7:23

and blessed is he who shall find no cause of offense in me.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

In Context

22And Jesus answered and said to them: Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them;

24And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

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Cross References

Matthew 13:57And they found in him occasion for offense. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, unless it be in his own country and in his own house.

John 6:60Therefore, many of his disciples, when they heard him, said: This is a hard saying; who can hear it?

1 Corinthians 1:21For, since in the wisdom of God, the world, by its wisdom, knew not God, it has pleased God, through the foolishness of what is preached, to save those who believe.

1 Peter 2:7To you, then, who believe, is this preciousness: but the stone which the builders rejected, has become the head of the corner,

Matthew Henry on Luke 7:20-36

John's Message to Jesus; The Ministry of John and of Christ. 19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. 22 Then Jesus answering said unto them,… Read the whole commentary →

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