and do not assume that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you that God is able, from these stones, to raise up children for Abraham.

And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

and he *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written: ‘He will give His angels orders concerning You’; and ‘On their hands they will lift You up, So that You do not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

Or what person is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone?

And the vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘A stone which the builders rejected, This has become the chief cornerstone; This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”

Grieving over Jerusalem

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

But He responded and said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.

And they went and made the tomb secure with the guard, sealing the stone.

And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.

Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and cutting himself with stones.

Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘A stone which the builders rejected, This has become the chief cornerstone;

Things to Come

As He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples *said to Him, “Teacher, look! What wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!”

And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb which had been cut out in the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb for us?”

And looking up, they *noticed that the stone had been rolled away; for it was extremely large.

Therefore produce fruits that are consistent with repentance, and do not start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children for Abraham.

And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

and, ‘On their hands they will lift You up, So that You do not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her young under her wings, and you were unwilling!

Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these stop speaking, the stones will cry out!”

and they will level you to the ground, and throw down your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”