Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces,
but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 20:18 in context
Luke 20:15–21
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Then they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
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He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.”
When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”
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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’?
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Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces,
but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
19
The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
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They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
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They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
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