Matthew 21:42
New King James Version
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
(A)‘The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the Lord’s doing,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
1 Peter 2:7-9
New King James Version
7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who [a]are disobedient,
(A)“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”
8 and
(B)“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”
(C)They stumble, being disobedient to the word, (D)to which they also were appointed.
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (E)darkness into His marvelous light;
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- 1 Peter 2:7 NU disbelieve
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