Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Matthew 21:44 - The Text-Critical English New Testament He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And whoever falls on this Stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom It falls will be crushed to powder [and It will winnow him, scattering him like dust]. [Isa. 8:14; Dan. 2:34, 35.] American Standard Version (1901) And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust. Common English Bible Whoever falls on this stone will be crushed. And the stone will crush the person it falls on.” Catholic Public Domain Version And whoever will have fallen on this stone shall be broken, yet truly, on whomever it shall fall, it will crush him." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder. |
Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was speaking about them.
The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, the child's mother, “Behold, this child is appointed to bring about the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
Jesus answered, “Yoʋ would have no authority over me if it had not been given to yoʋ from above. Therefore he who handed me over to yoʋ has greater sin.”
as it is written, “Behold, I am placing in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, yet no one who believes in him will be put to shame.”
by hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they can be saved. In this way they are always filling up the measure of their sins, but wrath has come upon them at last.
and, “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” By disobeying the word they stumble, which is what they were appointed to do.