Matthew 21:43

“Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and it shall be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

In Context

42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: 1 ‘ The stone which the builders rejected 1 has become the chief cornerstone. 1 This was the Lord's doing, 1 and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

44And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”

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Cross References

Matthew 8:11And I say to you that many shall come from east and west, and recline to eat with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;

Matthew 21:41They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other farmers, who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.”

John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

1 Corinthians 13:2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

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 →

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