Luke 7:23
21 At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.
22 So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
24 After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
25 Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
- KJV
- And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
- WEB
- Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”
- ASV
- And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.
- DARBY
- and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.
- BLB
- And blessed is the one who shall not be caused to stumble in Me.”
- ÅB
- og salig er den som ikke tar anstøt av meg.
- OTB
- Salig er den som ikke snubler på grunn av Meg.”
- B1930
- og salig er den som ikke tar anstøt av mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 2:7–8
To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
Read in contextMatthew 11:6
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
Read in contextIsaiah 8:14–15
And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
Read in contextRomans 9:32–33
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Read in contextMatthew 13:57–58
And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
Read in contextJohn 6:60–66
On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:21–28
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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