Matthew 21:44
Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.
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Psalms 2:9They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.
Psalms 21:8\21:7\For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.
Isaiah 8:14And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.
Daniel 2:34While you were looking at it, a stone was cut out, but not by hands, and it gave the image a blow on its feet, which were of iron and earth, and they were broken in bits.
Zechariah 12:3And it will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a stone of great weight for all the peoples; all those who take it up will be badly wounded; and all the nations of the earth will come together against it.
Matthew 27:25And all the people made answer and said, Let 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 →