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Luke 7:23

How good it is for those who are not offended because of me!”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Jesus answered John's disciples, “Go and tell John what you've seen and heard. The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers cured, the deaf hear, the dead raised back to life, the poor are told the good news.

24After the messengers from John had left, Jesus began telling the crowd, “About John: what did you expect to see when you went out to meet him in the desert? Some reed blown about by the wind?

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Cross References

Isaiah 8:14He will be a sanctuary for you. But to the royal families of both Israel and Judah he will be a stone they trip over and a rock that makes them stumble, a trap and a snare to the people who live in Jerusalem.

Matthew 13:57And so they refused to believe in him. “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his homeland and in his family,” Jesus told them.

John 6:60Many of his disciples when they heard it said, “This is hard to accept! Who can follow it?”

1 Corinthians 1:21Since God in his wisdom allowed the world in its wisdom not to know God, it was God's gracious plan that by the foolishness of the good news those who trusted in him would be saved.

1 Peter 2:7He is very valuable to you who do trust. But for those who don't, “The stone the builders rejected that became the main cornerstone”

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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