Matthew 21:43-44

The Parable of the Tenants

⁴³ Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God _g will be taken away from you and given to a people _h producing its fruits. ⁴⁴ And _i the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and _j when it falls on anyone, it will crush him." ₁

1. Cross References
   Luke 14:24
   For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 3:10
   Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
   Isaiah 5:4
   What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?
   Isaiah 5:7
   For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 8:14 - 15
   And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
   Romans 9:32 - 33
   Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone.
   1 Peter 2:8
   And "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
   
4. Cross References
   Daniel 2:34 - 35
   As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
   Daniel 2:44 - 45
   And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.