Luke 20:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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’?”
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“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’?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he, having looked upon them, said, `What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected--this became head of a corner?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 20:17 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 118:22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Isaiah 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.
- Zechariah 3:9See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
- Matthew 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’?
- Mark 3:5Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
- Mark 10:23Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
- Mark 12:10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
- Luke 22:37For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
- Luke 22:61And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”
- Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
- John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
- Acts 4:11This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
- 1 Peter 2:7To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
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