44 Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 21:44 Some manuscripts do not have verse 44.

44 And (A)whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, (B)it will grind him to powder.”

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44 Anyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone it falls on.[a]

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  1. 21:44 This verse is not included in some early manuscripts. Compare Luke 20:18.

44 [a]

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  1. Matthew 21:44 Some manuscripts add verse 44: Whoever falls on this stone will be cut to pieces; and if the stone falls on someone, it will crush him to dust (see Lk 20.18).

42-44 Jesus said, “Right—and you can read it for yourselves in your Bibles:

The stone the masons threw out
    is now the cornerstone.
This is God’s work;
    we rub our eyes, we can hardly believe it!

“This is the way it is with you. God’s kingdom will be taken back from you and handed over to a people who will live out a kingdom life. Whoever stumbles on this Stone gets shattered; whoever the Stone falls on gets smashed.”

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