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Mat 21:42 — Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Did		Mat 21:16.
The stone		Psa 118:22,23; Isa 28:16; Zec 3:8,9; Mar 12:10,11; Luk 20:17,18; Act 4:11; Rom 9:33; Eph 2:20; 1Pe 2:4-8
and it is		Hab 1:5; Act 13:40,41; Eph 3:3-9

Correlating Passages

Did

Mat 21:16

And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

The stone

	Psa 118:22	The stone [which] the builders refused is become the head [stone] of the corner.
	Psa 118:23	This is the LORD'S doing; it [is] marvellous in our eyes.
	Isa 28:16	Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner [stone], a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
	Zec 3:8	Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they [are] men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
	Zec 3:9	For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
	Mar 12:10	And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
	Mar 12:11	This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
	Luk 20:17	And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
	Luk 20:18	Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
	Act 4:11	This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
	Rom 9:33	As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
	Eph 2:20	And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];
	1Pe 2:4	To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, [and] precious,
	1Pe 2:5	Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
	1Pe 2:6	Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
	1Pe 2:7	Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
	1Pe 2:8	And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

and it is

	Hab 1:5	Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for [I] will work a work in your days, [which] ye will not believe, though it be told [you].
	Act 13:40	Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
	Act 13:41	Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
	Eph 3:3	How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
	Eph 3:4	Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
	Eph 3:5	Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
	Eph 3:6	That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
	Eph 3:7	Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
	Eph 3:8	Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
	Eph 3:9	And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

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