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Luke 20:18

JudgmentJesus Christ

16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

17 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?

Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

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Compare

BSB
Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
KJV
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
WEB
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
ASV
Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
DARBY
Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
BLB
Everyone having fallen on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it might fall, it will grind him into powder.”
ÅB
Hver den som faller på denne stein, han skal knuses; men den som den faller på, ham skal den smuldre til støv.
OTB
Hver den som snubler over den steinen, vil bli knust; men den som den faller på, vil den knuse.»
B1930
Hver den som faller på denne sten, han skal knuses; men den som den faller på, ham skal den smuldre til støv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 8:14–15

    And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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  • Daniel 2:44–45

    And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

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  • Daniel 2:34–35

    Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

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  • Zechariah 12:3

    And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

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  • Matthew 21:44

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

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  • Matthew 21:34

    And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:16

    Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

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