As it is written, Look, I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble over and a rock to trip over, and the one who believes on him will not be put to shame. ,
by keeping us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are constantly filling up their sins to the limit, and wrath has overtaken them at last.
The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born.’
On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who try to lift it will injure themselves severely when all the nations of the earth gather against her.
‘You would have no authority over me at all,’ Jesus answered him, ‘if it hadn’t been given to you from above. This is why the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.’
The word of the Lord will come to them: ‘Law after law, law after law, line after line, line after line, a little here, a little there,’ so they go stumbling backwards, to be broken, trapped, and captured.
Then Simeon blessed them and told his mother Mary, ‘Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed #– #