10 Didn’t you ever read this in the Scriptures?

‘The stone that the builders rejected
    has now become the cornerstone.

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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.

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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]

And,

“He is the stone that makes people stumble,
    the rock that makes them fall.”[c]

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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Footnotes

  1. 2:7a Or Yes, for you who believe, there is honor.
  2. 2:7b Ps 118:22.
  3. 2:8 Isa 8:14.

16 Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem,[a]
    a firm and tested stone.
It is a precious cornerstone that is safe to build on.
    Whoever believes need never be shaken.[b]

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  1. 28:16a Hebrew in Zion.
  2. 28:16b Greek version reads Look! I am placing a stone in the foundation of Jerusalem [literally Zion], / a precious cornerstone for its foundation, chosen for great honor. / Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced. Compare Rom 9:33; 1 Pet 2:6.

20 Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. 21 We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. 22 Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.

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33 God warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said,

“I am placing a stone in Jerusalem[a] that makes people stumble,
    a rock that makes them fall.
But anyone who trusts in him
    will never be disgraced.”[b]

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  1. 9:33a Greek in Zion.
  2. 9:33b Isa 8:14; 28:16 (Greek version).

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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  1. 4:11 Ps 118:22.

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]

18 Everyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone it falls on.”

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  1. 20:17 Ps 118:22.

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. 21:42 Ps 118:22-23.

16 They asked Jesus, “Do you hear what these children are saying?”

“Yes,” Jesus replied. “Haven’t you ever read the Scriptures? For they say, ‘You have taught children and infants to give you praise.’[a]

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  1. 21:16 Ps 8:2 (Greek version).

Jesus replied, “Haven’t you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

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14 “The day is coming when you will see the sacrilegious object that causes desecration[a] standing where he[b] should not be.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills.

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  1. 13:14a Greek the abomination of desolation. See Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11.
  2. 13:14b Or it.

26 “But now, as to whether the dead will be raised—haven’t you ever read about this in the writings of Moses, in the story of the burning bush? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses,[a] ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’[b]

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  1. 12:26a Greek in the story of the bush? God said to him.
  2. 12:26b Exod 3:6.

25 Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

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31 “But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead—haven’t you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said,[a]

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  1. 22:31 Greek read about this? God said.

“Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’[a]

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  1. 19:4 Gen 1:27; 5:2.

Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

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