Luke 20:17

And he looked upon them, and said: What is that which is written, The stone, which the builders rejected, is become the chief corner stone?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 cultivators, and will lease the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said: This shall not be.

18And whoever shall fall upon this stone, will be broken; and on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him in pieces.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them: Have ye never read in the scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, hath become the head of the corner: this is from the Lord; and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Mark 10:23And Jesus looked upon his disciples, and said to them: How hard for those who possess wealth, to enter into the kingdom of God!

Luke 19:41And as he drew near, and beheld the city, he wept over it:

Luke 22:61And Jesus turned, and looked upon Cephas. And Simon remembered the word of our Lord, which he spoke to him: Before the cock shall crow, thou wilt deny me three times.

John 15:25so that in them will be fulfilled the word which is written in their law: They hated me, without a cause.

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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