Matthew 11:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ The person who does not find an occasion for having doubts about my identity is fortunate indeed.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is he who takes no offense at Me and finds no cause for stumbling in or through Me and is not hindered from seeing the Truth.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.

Common English Bible

⁶ Happy are those who don’t stumble and fall because of me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And blessed is he who has found no offense in me."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.

Matthew 11:6 Cross References

Matthew 13:21

but since he has such a shallow root, he lasts for [only] a short while. Then when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, immediately he falls away [from God].

Matthew 18:7

“It will be too bad for the world because of occasions that cause people to fall away [from God]! For it is inevitable that such occasions come, but it is too bad for that person who is responsible for causing it to happen.

Matthew 24:10

And then many people will fall away [from God] and they will turn one another over [i.e., to the authorities for punishment], and they will hate one another.

Matthew 26:31

Then Jesus said [to His disciples], “All of you will have doubts about me tonight, for it is written [Zech. 13:7], ‘I will strike down the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered everywhere.’

Matthew 5:29

And if your right eye is what ensnares you into falling away [from God], gouge it out and throw it away from you. For it would be better for you to lose a part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. [Note: This is the word “Gehenna,” and because of its Old Testament connotation of burning bodies, II Chron. 33:6, it is used figuratively here, and elsewhere, to describe the place of future, final punishment of the wicked].

Mark 6:3

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters living here among us?” And they were led to doubt His true identity.

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon [asked God to] bless them and said to Jesus’ mother Mary, “Look, many Israelites will be caused to fall [i.e., into spiritual ruin] or rise [i.e., to spiritual renewal] because of Him. And [He will be] a ‘sign’ [for people] to speak against,

Luke 7:23

The person who does not find an occasion for having doubts about my identity is fortunate indeed.”

John 16:1

[Jesus continued], “I have told you these things so that you men would not fall away [i.e., from the faith].

John 6:66

Upon [hearing] this, many of Jesus’ disciples turned back and refused to accompany Him anymore. [Note: They deserted Jesus physically as well as spiritually].

1 Corinthians 2:14

Now the natural person [Note: Since this person is contrasted with the spiritual person of verse 15, it is taken here to mean the person without the Holy Spirit] does not receive the things [i.e., truths] revealed by the Holy Spirit of God, because they are [considered] foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them because they must be discerned by using spiritual judgment [i.e., judgment aided by the Holy Spirit].

Galatians 5:11

But, brothers, if I were still preaching [that a person had] to be circumcised, why am I being persecuted? [Note: Paul’s argument seems to be “I must not be preaching circumcision since I am being persecuted by those who believe in it”]. [If I preached that a person had to be circumcised] then my preaching that Christ died on the cross would not be such an offense [to those who believe in it].

1 Peter 2:8

[And it also says, Isa. 8:14, that He would be], “A stone that people would stumble over and a rock over which they would trip and fall.” The way they stumble is by disobeying the Gospel message. They were destined [though not forced] to do this.