Luke 7:23

And blessed is every one who does not stumble and fall because of my claims."

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Then He answered the messengers, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard. Blind men receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are purified, deaf persons hear, the dead are raised to life, the poor have the Good News proclaimed to them.

24When John's messengers were gone, He proceeded to say to the multitude concerning John, "What did you go out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind?

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Cross References

Matthew 13:57So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, "There is no prophet left without honour except in his own country and among his own family."

John 6:60Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is hard to accept. Who can listen to such teaching?"

1 Corinthians 1:21For after the world by its wisdom--as God in His wisdom had ordained--had failed to gain the knowledge of God, God was pleased, by the apparent foolishness of the Message which we preach, to save those who accepted it.

1 Peter 2:7To you believers, therefore, that honour belongs; but for unbelievers-- "A Stone which the builders rejected has been made the 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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