Matthew 21:42

Jesus 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?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

In Context

41They say to him: He will utterly destroy them; and will lease the vineyard to other cultivators, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.

43Therefore I say to you, That the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a people that will yield fruits.

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Cross References

Luke 20:17And he looked upon them, and said: What is that which is written, The stone, which the builders rejected, is become the chief corner stone?

Acts 13:40Beware, therefore, lest that come upon you, which is written in the prophets:

Ephesians 2:20And ye are built upon the foundations of the legates and the prophets; and Jesus the Messiah hath become the head of the corner in the edifice.

1 Peter 2:4to whom ye have come, because he is a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but with God elect and precious.

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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