Luke 20:17

But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is the meaning of this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

In Context

16He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others.” When the people heard this, they said, “Certainly not!”

18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”

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Cross References

Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’?

Mark 10:23Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!”

Luke 19:41As he drew near to Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it,

Luke 22:61Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter, and Peter remembered what the Lord had said to him, “Before a rooster crows, yoʋ will deny me three times.”

John 15:25But this has happened to fulfill what is written in their law: ‘They hated me for no reason.’

Matthew Henry on Luke 20:10-20

The Husbandmen and the Vineyard. 9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. 10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. 11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 12 And again he sent a third: and… Read the whole commentary →

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