Luke 20:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?

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  • Ps 118:22 : 22 The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.
  • Acts 4:11 : 11 He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.
  • Mark 10:23 : 23 And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!
  • Mark 12:10 : 10 Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:
  • Luke 19:41 : 41 And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,
  • Luke 22:37 : 37 For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.
  • Luke 22:61 : 61 And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.
  • John 15:25 : 25 This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
  • Zech 3:9 : 9 For see, the stone which I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: see, the design cut on it will be my work, says the Lord of armies, and I will take away the sin of that land in one day.
  • Matt 21:42 : 42 Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
  • 1 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building; 8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

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    38 But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.

    39 And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.

    40 When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen?

    41 They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.

    42 Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

    43 For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

    44 Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.

    45 And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.

  • Mark 12:7-11
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    7 But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.

    8 And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden.

    9 What then will the master of the garden do? He will come and put the workmen to death, and will give the garden into the hands of others.

    10 Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

    11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

  • Luke 20:18-19
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    18 Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.

    19 And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

  • Ps 118:22-23
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    22 The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.

    23 This is the Lord's doing; it is a wonder in our eyes.

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    11 He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.

  • Luke 20:12-16
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    12 And he sent a third, and they gave him wounds and put him out.

    13 And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.

    14 But when the workmen saw him, they said to one another, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property: let us put him to death and the heritage will be ours.

    15 And driving him out of the garden they put him to death. Now what will the lord do to these workmen?

    16 He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.

  • 1 Pet 2:6-8
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    6 Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

    7 And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;

    8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

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    1 And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!

    2 And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

  • Luke 21:5-7
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    5 And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said,

    6 As for these things which you see, the days will come when not one stone will be resting on another, but all will be broken down.

    7 And they said to him, Master, when will these things be? and what sign will there be when these events are to take place?

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    16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.

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    4 To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;

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    35 And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.

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    32 Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

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    14 And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.

    15 And numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net.

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    9 And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

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    41 And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David?

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    1 And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news,

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    58 He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.

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    46 Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.

  • Mark 12:4
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    4 And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.