Matthew 11:6

Jesus pronounces a blessing on those not offended by Him. He gently warns John, and all, against stumbling over an unexpected Messiah.

Cross-references · 21

• Isa 8:14–15He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• 1 Cor 2:14Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
• Matt 26:31Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
• John 6:66At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
• Luke 4:23–29He said to them, “Doubtless you will tell me this parable, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’”
• Rom 9:32–33Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
• Matt 24:10Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
• Luke 11:27–28It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
• John 6:60–61Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
• 1 Pet 2:8and, “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.
• Matt 13:55–57Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
• Matt 18:7“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
• Matt 15:12–14Then the disciples came, and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?”
• 1 Cor 1:22–23For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
• Ps 32:1–2By David. A contemplative psalm. Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
• Gal 5:11But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
• Ps 1:1–2Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
• Ps 119:1ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.
• John 7:41–42Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
• Luke 2:34and Simeon blessed them, and said to 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.
• Matt 5:3–12“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

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