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Luke 20:17

Weymouth NT

He looked at them and said, »What then does that mean which is written, »`The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the cornerstone'?

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»Have you never read in the Scriptures,« said Jesus, »`The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone: this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes'?«

Then looking round on His disciples Jesus said, »With how hard a struggle will the possessors of riches enter the Kingdom of God!«

»Have you not read even this passage,« He added, »`The stone which the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone:

Grieved and indignant at the hardening of their hearts, He looked round on them with anger, and said to the man, »Stretch out your arm.« He stretched it out, and the arm was completely restored.

When He came into full view of the city, He wept aloud over it, and exclaimed,

For I tell you that those words of Scripture must yet find their fulfilment in me: `And He was reckoned among the lawless'; for indeed that saying about me has its accomplishment.«

The Master turned and looked on Peter; and Peter recollected the Master's words, how He had said to him, »This very day, before the cock crows, you will disown me three times.«

And He said to them, »This is what I told you while I was still with you–that everything must be fulfilled that is written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me.«

But this has been so, in order that the saying may be fulfilled which stands written in their Law, `They have hated me without any reason.'

This Jesus is the Stone treated with contempt by you the builders, but it has been made the Cornerstone.

You are a building which has been reared on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, the cornerstone being Christ Jesus Himself,

For it is contained in Scripture, »See, I am placing on Mount Zion a Cornerstone, chosen, and held in honour, and he whose faith rests on Him shall never have reason to feel ashamed.«




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