Matthew 21:44
And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them.
Cross References
Psalms 2:9Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Psalms 21:8For the king hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Isaiah 8:14And he shall be a sanctification to you. But for a stone or stumbling, and for a rock of offence to the two houses of Israel, for a snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Daniel 2:34Thus thou sawest, till a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands: and it struck the statue upon the feet thereof that were of iron and of 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 to all people: all that shall lift it up shall be rent and torn, and all the kingdoms of the earth shall be gathered together against her.
Matthew 27:25And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and 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 →