1 Peter 2:7
New Living Translation
7 Yes, you who trust him recognize the honor God has given him.[a] But for those who reject him,
“The stone that the builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.”[b]
Psalm 118:22-23
New Living Translation
22 The stone that the builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.
23 This is the Lord’s doing,
and it is wonderful to see.
Acts 4:11-12
New Living Translation
11 For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says,
‘The stone that you builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.’[a]
12 There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”
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Mark 12:10-11
New Living Translation
10 Didn’t you ever read this in the Scriptures?
‘The stone that the builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.
11 This is the Lord’s doing,
and it is wonderful to see.’[a]”
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Matthew 21:42
New Living Translation
42 Then Jesus asked them, “Didn’t you ever read this in the Scriptures?
‘The stone that the builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing,
and it is wonderful to see.’[a]
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1 Peter 2:8
New Living Translation
8 And,
“He is the stone that makes people stumble,
the rock that makes them fall.”[a]
They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.
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1 Peter 1:8
New Living Translation
8 You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.
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Hebrews 11:31
New Living Translation
31 It was by faith that Rahab the prostitute was not destroyed with the people in her city who refused to obey God. For she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.
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Hebrews 4:11
New Living Translation
11 So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.
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Titus 3:3
New Living Translation
3 Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.
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Colossians 2:10
New Living Translation
10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
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Philippians 3:7-10
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7 I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. 8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ 9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ.[a] For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. 10 I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death,
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- 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of Christ.
2 Corinthians 2:16
New Living Translation
16 To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this?
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Romans 15:31
New Living Translation
31 Pray that I will be rescued from those in Judea who refuse to obey God. Pray also that the believers there will be willing to accept the donation[a] I am taking to Jerusalem.
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- 15:31 Greek the ministry; other manuscripts read the gift.
Romans 10:21
New Living Translation
21 But regarding Israel, God said,
“All day long I opened my arms to them,
but they were disobedient and rebellious.”[a]
Acts 26:19
New Living Translation
19 “And so, King Agrippa, I obeyed that vision from heaven.
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John 4:42
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42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. Now we know that he is indeed the Savior of the world.”
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Luke 20:17
New Living Translation
17 Jesus looked at them and said, “Then what does this Scripture mean?
‘The stone that the builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.’[a]
John 6:68-69
New Living Translation
68 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. 69 We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God.[a]”
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- 6:69 Other manuscripts read you are the Christ, the Holy One of God; still others read you are the Christ, the Son of God; and still others read you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Luke 2:32
New Living Translation
32 He is a light to reveal God to the nations,
and he is the glory of your people Israel!”
Matthew 13:44-46
New Living Translation
Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl
44 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.
45 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls. 46 When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it!
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Zechariah 4:7
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7 Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel’s way; it will become a level plain before him! And when Zerubbabel sets the final stone of the Temple in place, the people will shout: ‘May God bless it! May God bless it!’[a]”
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- 4:7 Hebrew ‘Grace, grace to it.’
Haggai 2:7
New Living Translation
7 I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will be brought to this Temple. I will fill this place with glory, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Isaiah 28:5
New Living Translation
5 Then at last the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
will himself be Israel’s glorious crown.
He will be the pride and joy
of the remnant of his people.
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