Matthew 21:44

Whoever falls on this stone is broken, and whoever it falls on is crushed. Christ is either one's salvation or one's judgment.

Cross-references · 18

• Isa 8:14–15He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• 1 Pet 2:8and, “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.
• Dan 2:34–35You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
• Dan 2:44–45In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
• Rom 9:33even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”
• Luke 20:18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
• Matt 27:25All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and on our children!”
• Ps 21:8–9Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
• Ps 110:5–6The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
• 2 Cor 4:3–4Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;
• Zech 12:3It will happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.
• Matt 26:24The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”
• Isa 60:12For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
• 1 Th 2:16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
• John 19:11Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”
• Heb 2:2–3For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense;
• Ps 2:12Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
• Ps 2:9You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

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