Matthew 21:44
And he who falls on this stone will be shattered, but on whomever it may fall, it will grind him to dust.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
45And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke about them.
Cross References
Psalms 2:9Thou shall break them with a rod of iron, thou shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Psalms 21:8Thy hand will find out all thine enemies. Thy right hand will find out those who hate thee.
Isaiah 8:14And he shall be for a sanctuary, but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a net and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Daniel 2:34Thou looked until a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
Zechariah 12:3And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it shall be severely wounded. And all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together agai
Matthew 27:25And having answered, all the people said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:34-46
The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen. 33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more… Read the whole commentary →