(SEE 8:14)
Now his message to you will be senseless sound after senseless sound. Then you will fall backwards, injured and trapped.
And so the LORD says, "I'm laying a firm foundation for the city of Zion. It's a valuable cornerstone proven to be trustworthy; no one who trusts it will ever be disappointed.
We feel our way along, as if we were blind; we stumble at noon, as if it were night. We can see no better than someone dead.
but those who do will have enough milk to make yogurt. In fact, everyone left in the land will eat yogurt and honey.
So I will put stumbling blocks in your path, and everyone will die, including parents and children, neighbors and friends.
God will bless everyone who doesn't reject me because of what I do."
Stay away from those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind people, and all of them will fall into a ditch."
Anyone who stumbles over this stone will be crushed, and anyone it falls on will be smashed to pieces."
Because of what Jesus said, many of his disciples turned their backs on him and stopped following him.
(SEE 9:31)
But we preach that Christ was nailed to a cross. Most Jews have problems with this, and most Gentiles think it is foolish.
