Rejection

If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.