42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures,

‘The stone which the builders rejected,
    this has become the cornerstone.[a]
This came about from the Lord,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes’?[b]

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  1. Matthew 21:42 Literally “the head of the corner”
  2. Matthew 21:42 A quotation from Ps 118:22–23

10 Have you not read this scripture:

‘The stone which the builders rejected,
    this has become the cornerstone.[a]

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  1. Mark 12:10 Literally “the head of the corner”

11 This came about from the Lord,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”[a]

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  1. Mark 12:11 A quotation from Ps 118:22–23

17 But he looked intently at them and[a] said, “What then is this that is written:

‘The stone which the builders rejected,
    this has become the cornerstone.’[b]

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  1. Luke 20:17 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“looked intently at”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 20:17 Literally “the head of the corner”

11 This one[a] is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.[b]

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  1. Acts 4:11 “This one” refers to Jesus
  2. Acts 4:11 Literally “the head of the corner”; this verse is an allusion to Ps 118:22

to whom you are drawing near, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in the sight of God.

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Therefore the honor is for you who believe, but for those who refuse to believe,

“The stone that the builders rejected,
this one has become the cornerstone[a],”

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  1. 1 Peter 2:7 Literally “into the head of the corner”