The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
Luke 20:17
In 9 translations
- BSB
- But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?Psalms 118:22
- KJV
- And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
- WEB
- But he looked at them and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the chief cornerstone’?
- ASV
- But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?
- LSV
- And He, having looked on them, said, “What, then, is this that has been written: A stone that the builders rejected—this became head of a corner?
- YLT
- and he, having looked upon them, said, 'What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected — this became head of a corner?
- DBY
- But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone?
- DRC
- But he looking on them, said: What is this then that is written, The stone, which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
- GNV
- And he beheld them, and said, What meaneth this then that is written, The stone that the builders refused, that is made the head of the corner?
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ δὲ ἐμβλέψας αὐτοῖς εἶπεν· Τί οὖν ἐστιν τὸ γεγραμμένον τοῦτο· Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας;
- RP2018
- Ὁ δὲ ἐμβλέψας αὐτοῖς εἶπεν, Τί οὖν ἐστιν τὸ γεγραμμένον τοῦτο, Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας;
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ δὲ ἐμβλέψας αὐτοῖς εἶπε, Τί οὖν ἐστι τὸ γεγραμμένον τοῦτο, Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας;
- SCR1894
- ο δε εμβλεψας αυτοις ειπεν τι ουν εστιν το γεγραμμενον τουτο λιθον ον απεδοκιμασαν οι οικοδομουντες ουτος εγενηθη εις κεφαλην γωνιας
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 118:22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Isaiah 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
- Acts 4:11This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
- Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
- 1 Peter 2:7–8To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because…
- Mark 12:10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Zechariah 3:9See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
- John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
- Luke 22:37For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
- Mark 3:5Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
- Luke 22:61And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”
- Mark 10:23Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
- Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
- Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
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