Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Parallel translations
- WEB Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.
- KJV And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
- NKJV Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.
- NASB Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘A stone which the builders rejected, This has become the chief cornerstone;
- NLT Didn’t you ever read this in the Scriptures? ‘The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.
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Quick answer
Jesus cites Psalm 118: the stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Overview
Quoting Psalm 118:22, Jesus identifies Himself as the rejected stone who becomes the foundation of God's new work. The 'builders'—the religious leaders—reject Him, yet God exalts Him as the cornerstone of His people. Christ's rejection leads, by God's design, to His vindication and supremacy.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Ps 118:22–23The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Isa 28:16So 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.
- 1 Pet 2:7–8To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
- Luke 20:17–18But 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’?
- Matt 21:42Jesus 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’?
- Acts 4:11–12This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
- Rom 9:33as 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.”
- Eph 2:20–22built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- Mark 2:25Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
- Matt 21:16“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
- Matt 19:4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
- Matt 22:31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
- Luke 6:3Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
- Mark 13:14So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Matt 12:3Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
- Mark 12:26But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
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