Luke 7:23

Blessed is he who finds no occasion for being scandalized ·to entrap, to cause weak knees that waiver, stumbling block that causes falling, distrusting one that should be trusted and obeyed, disapproving of authority, to judge unfavorably causing displeasure, indignant· in me.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Yeshua [Salvation] answered them, “Go and tell John [Yah is gracious] the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the people afflicted with tzara'at ·leprosy· are cleansed, the deaf + 7:22. Quoted from Is 35:5-6 hear, the dead are raised + 7:22. Quoted from Is 26:19 up, and the poor have good news preached + 7:22. Quoted from Is 61:1 to them.

24When John [Yah is gracious]’s messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John [Yah is gracious], “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

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Cross References

Isaiah 8:14+ 8:14 (14-15) MP: Messiah is a “stumbling stone, a rock of offense” for Israel. (Matt 21:43-44; 1 Pet 2:8) He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel [God prevails], he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. + 8:14. Quoted in Rom 9:32-33; 1 Pet 2:8 And a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem [City of peace].

Matthew 13:57They were scandalized ·to entrap, to cause weak knees that waiver, stumbling block that causes falling, distrusting one that should be trusted and obeyed, disapproving of authority, to judge unfavorably causing displeasure, indignant· by him. But Yeshua [Salvation] said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”

John 6:60Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”

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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