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31 But Israel, while pursuing the law as a way of righteousness, did not reach it. 32 Why? Because they kept pursuing it not by faith, but as if it comes by works.[a] They stumbled over the stumbling stone. 33 Just as it is written:

Look, I am putting a stone in Zion over which they will stumble
and a rock over which they will fall.
The one who believes[b] in him will not be put to shame.[c]

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  1. Romans 9:32 Some witnesses to the text read by works of the law.
  2. Romans 9:33 Some witnesses to the text read And everyone who believes.
  3. Romans 9:33 Isaiah 28:16

31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness,(A) have not attained their goal.(B) 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(C) 33 As it is written:

“See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall,
    and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[a](D)

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  1. Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16