Matthew 21:42-46
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Jesus said to them, e "Have you never read in the Scriptures:
f "'The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
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."
45
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.
46
And l although they were seeking to arrest him, m they feared the crowds, because they held him to be n a prophet.
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Matthew 21:16
And they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?
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Acts 4:11
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.
1 Peter 2:7
So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Psalms 118:22 - 23
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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Psalms 118:22 - 23
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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Luke 14:24
For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Cross References
Mark 11:18
And the chief priests and the scribes heard it ...
Luke 19:47 - 48
And he was teaching daily in the temple. The ch...
John 7:25
Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said,...
John 7:30
So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one ...
John 7:44
Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one l...
Matthew 26:4
And plotted together in order to arrest Jesus b...
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Cross References
Matthew 21:26
But if we say, 'From man,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.
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Cross References
Matthew 21:11
And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
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