Matthew 21:44

And whoever shall fall upon this stone, will be fractured; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him to atoms?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

In Context

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.

45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his similitudes, they understood that he spoke in reference to them.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:25And all the people answered, and said His blood be on us, and on 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 →

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