Psalm 118:22
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22 The stone that the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.(A)
Luke 20:17
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17 But he looked at them and said, “What then does this text mean:
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Matthew 21:42
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42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures:
‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;[a]
this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is amazing in our eyes’?(A)
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Acts 4:11
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11 This Jesus[a] is
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1 Peter 2:4-8
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4 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and 5 like living stones let yourselves be built[a] into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(A) 6 For it stands in scripture:
“See, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”(B)
7 This honor, then, is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,[b]
“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the very head of the corner,”(C)
8 and
“A stone that makes them stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.(D)
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Mark 12:10-11
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10 Have you not read this scripture:
‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;[a](A)
11 this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is amazing in our eyes’?”
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Ephesians 2:20-22
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20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone;[a](A) 21 in him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord,(B) 22 in whom you also are built together spiritually[b] into a dwelling place for God.
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Zechariah 4:7
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7 What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain, and he shall bring out the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’ ”(A)
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