Quotes About Rejection

And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the childís father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.

Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples.

Isnít this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Arenít His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him.

Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.

He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”

But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.

He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.

But the tenants said to one another, ëThis is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.í

So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

Have you never read this Scripture: ëThe stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

And they went back and reported it to the rest, but they did not believe them either.

Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ëPhysician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.í”

Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.

They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected Godís purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ëWe played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.í