Luke 2:34 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³⁴ Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, Behold, this Child is appointed and destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against–[Isa. 8:14, 15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;

Common English Bible

³⁴ Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “This boy is assigned to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that generates opposition

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ And Simeon blessed them, and he said to his mother Mary: "Behold, this one has been set for the ruin and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and as a sign which will be contradicted.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold this child is set for the fall, and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted;

Luke 2:34 Cross References

Matthew 11:19

"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' And so wisdom is justified by her children."

Matthew 12:46

And while He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him.

Matthew 21:44

And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."

Matthew 27:63

saying, "Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while He was still alive, 'After three days I will rise.'

Luke 2:35

(yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."

John 3:20

For everyone that does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works be exposed.

John 5:18

Because of this the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but also He called God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

Acts 13:45

And the Jews, seeing the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and spoke against the things being said by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

Acts 17:6

But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying out, "The men who have upset the whole world, these have come here, too;

Acts 24:5

For [we] have found this man [to ]be a plague, and [one] causing discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the Nazarenes sect,

Acts 28:22

But we request to hear from you the[ ]things which you think; for concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against."

Acts 4:26

The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were assembled together against the LORD and against His Christ.'

Acts 6:7

And the word of God was growing, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was being multiplied exceedingly, and a great many of the priests were obeying the faith.

Romans 9:32

Why? Because [they did] not [seek it] by faith, but rather by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stone of stumbling.

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness,

Hebrews 7:1

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

Hebrews 7:7

Now without any contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are reviled in the name of Christ, blessed are you, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On the one hand He is blasphemed, but on the other He is glorified.