Matthew 21:44
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
KJV
Et qui ceciderit super lapidem istum, confringetur : super quem vero ceciderit, conteret eum.
Vulgate
And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
ASV
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
Douay-Rheims
and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'
YLT
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Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Dan 2:34 · allusion"Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces."Daniel: the stone cut without hands — Jesus on the rejected stone
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- Καὶ ὁ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τὸν λίθον τοῦτον συνθλασθήσεται ἐφ᾽ ὃν δ᾽ ἂν πέσῃ λικμήσει αὐτόν · . — SBLGNT
- Καὶ … αὐτόν. — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Our Lord Jesus Christ calls His coming in the flesh an exodus [or going out]: as when He says, The sower went out to sow. Matthew 13:3 And again, I went out from the Father, and have come. John 16:28 And in many places one may see this. But Paul calls it an [eisodus or] coming in, saying, And when again He brings in the First-Begotten into the world, meaning by this Bringing…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 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.
- 1Thess 2:16 — Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
- 2Cor 4:3 — But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
- Acts 5:28 — Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
- Dan 2:34 — Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
- Dan 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all
- Heb 2:2 — For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
- Isa 8:14 — And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- Isa 8:15 — And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
- Isa 28:13 — But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be brok
- Isa 60:12 — For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
- Isa 60:12 — For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
- John 19:11 — Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
- Luke 2:34 — And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
- Luke 20:18 — Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
- Luke 20:18 — Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
- Mark 11:14 — And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
- Matt 26:24 — The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
- Matt 27:25 — Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
- Ps 21:8 — Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
- Ps 110:5 — The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
- 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.
- 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.
- Zech 12:3 — And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
- Zech 12:3 — And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.