Isaiah 8:14

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¹⁴He will be a holy place;^(A)
    for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone^(B) that causes people to stumble^(C)
    and a rock that makes them fall.^(D)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
    a trap and a snare.^(E)

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Matthew 21:44

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⁴⁴Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”^[a]^(A)

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Footnotes

Matthew 21:44 Some manuscripts do not have verse 44.

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John 9:39

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³⁹Jesus said,^[a] “For judgment^(A) I have come into this world,^(B) so that the blind will see^(C) and those who see will become blind.”^(D)

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John 9:39 Some early manuscripts do not have Then the man said … ³⁹Jesus said.

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1 Corinthians 1:23-24

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²³but we preach Christ crucified:^(A) a stumbling block^(B) to Jews and foolishness^(C) to Gentiles, ²⁴but to those whom God has called,^(D) both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God^(E) and the wisdom of God.^(F)

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2 Corinthians 2:16

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¹⁶To the one we are an aroma that brings death;^(A) to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?^(B)

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1 Peter 2:8-9

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⁸and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”^[a]^(A)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.^(B)

⁹But you are a chosen people,^(C) a royal priesthood,^(D) a holy nation,^(E) God’s special possession,^(F) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.^(G)