Matthew 21:42
40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”
41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?
- ASV
- Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
- DARBY
- Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone: this is of [the] Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes?
- BLB
- Jesus says to them, “Did you⁺ never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that those building rejected, this became the head of the corner. This was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
- ÅB
- Jesus sier til dem: «Har dere aldri lest i skriftene:
‘Den steinen som bygningsmennene forkastet, den har blitt hjørnesteinen.
Herren har gjort dette, og det er underfullt i våre øyne’? - OTB
- Jesus sa til dem: “Har dere aldri lest i Skriftene: ‘Steinen som bygningsmennene forkastet, er blitt hjørnestein; Herren har gjort dette, og det er underfullt i våre øyne’?
- B1930
- Jesus sier til dem: Har I aldri lest i skriftene: Den sten som bygningsmennene forkastet, den er blitt hjørnesten; av Herren er dette gjort, og det er underfullt i våre øine?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 118:22–23
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:16
So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
Read in contextActs 4:11
This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
Read in context1 Peter 2:4–8
As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
Read in contextEphesians 2:20
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
Read in contextRomans 9:33
as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
Read in contextLuke 20:17–18
But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
Read in contextMark 12:10–11
Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Read in context