Matthew 21:39-42

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39 And they took him and 1threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 2When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants? ”
41 They said to him, 3“He will put those wretches to a miserable death and 4let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons. ”
42 Jesus said to them, 5“Have you never read in the Scriptures: 6“‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; [a] this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

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Cross References 6

  • 1. 21:39 Heb. 13:12
  • 2. 21:40 [ch. 24:50; 25:19]
  • 3. 21:41 Luke 19:27
  • 4. 21:41 ver. 43; Acts 13:46; 18:6; 28:28; [ch. 8:11, 12]
  • 5. 21:42 ver. 16
  • 6. 21:42 Acts 4:11; 1 Pet. 2:7; Cited from Ps. 118:22, 23

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 21:42 Greek 'the head of the corner'
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