Luke 20:17

Luke 20:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus looked directly at them and asked, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: “ ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’ ?
• English Standard Version (ESV)But he looked directly at them and said, "What then is this that is written: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone’?

Context of Luke 20:17

15So they threw the son out of the garden and they killed him.’ Jesus went on to ask, ‘Then what will the master of the garden do to those farmers? 16I tell you, he will come to those farmers and he will kill them. Then he will give the garden to other people to take care of it.’ When the people heard this, they replied, ‘That must never happen!’ Jesus then looked at the people and he said, ‘You say that this must not happen. But you have read this in the Bible and you should know what it means: “The builders refused to use a certain stone. They thought that it had no value. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building. 18When a person falls onto that stone, it will break his body into pieces. When that stone falls on top of someone, it will destroy him completely.” ’ 19The teachers of God's Law and the leaders of the priests knew that Jesus had told this story about them. They were the bad farmers in the story. So they wanted to take hold of Jesus immediately. But they did not do it, because they were afraid of the people.

Luke 20:17 word by word

ὁ δὲ ἐμβλέψας αὐτοῖς εἶπεν· τί οὖν ἐστιν τὸ γεγραμμένον τοῦτο· λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• he beheldὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• he beheldἐμβλέπωemblepō · to look into/uponG1689
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• that is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• Theοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• stoneλίθοςlithos · stoneG3037
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• the buildersοἰκοδομέωoikodomeō · to buildG3618
• rejectedἀποδοκιμάζωapodokimazō · to rejectG593
• is becomeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
• the headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
• of the cornerγωνίαgōnia · cornerG1137

Cross-references for Luke 20:17

• Luke 19:41When Jesus got near to the city, he looked at it. He cried because he felt very sorry for the people in it.
• Luke 22:61Then the Lord Jesus turned round and he looked at Peter. Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: ‘You will say tonight that you do not know me. You will say it three times before the cockerel sings in the morning.’
• Mark 3:5Jesus looked round at everybody. He felt angry with them. He also felt sad because they did not want to learn. Then he said to the man, ‘Lift up your hand.’ The man lifted his hand and it became well. He could use it again.
• Mark 10:23Jesus looked round and he said to his disciples, ‘It is very difficult for rich people to let God rule in their lives.’
• Luke 22:37I tell you this: Long ago people wrote in the Bible what must happen to me. It says, “People will think that he is a wicked person.” And this must happen to me soon, so that it becomes true.’
• Luke 24:44Then he said to them, ‘I told you about these things while I was still with you. Everything that God's servants wrote about me in the Bible had to happen. Moses wrote about me in his book of God's Law. The prophets also wrote about me. The book called Psalms also tells about me. And now it has become true.’
• John 15:25Their book of God's Law says, “They hated me without any good reason.” What that book already said long ago had to happen.
• Psalms 118:22The builders threw away a certain stone. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building.
• Isaiah 28:16So the Almighty Lord says this: ‘Look! I am putting a special stone in Zion. It is a valuable stone, because it makes a strong foundation at the corner of my building. Anyone who trusts in that foundation will never be disappointed.
• Zechariah 3:9See the stone that I have put in front of Joshua! It is a stone with seven sides and I will cut words in the stone”, says the Lord Almighty. “I will remove the sin of this country's people in one day.”
• Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, ‘I am sure that you have read this in the Bible: “The builders refused to use a certain stone. They thought that it had no value. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building. The Lord God did this. And we can see that he did something great.”
• Mark 12:10I am sure that you have read these words in the Bible: “The builders refused to use a certain stone. They thought that it had no value. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building.
• Acts 4:11The Bible says this about him: “The builders refused to use a certain stone. They thought that it had no value. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building.” ’
• 1 Peter 2:7This stone is very valuable to you who believe in Jesus. But the Bible says this about people who do not believe in him: ‘The builders refused to use a certain stone. They thought that it had no value. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building.’

Commentaries on Luke 20:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-19Verses 9-19 See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-45.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-19Verses 9-19 Christ spake this parable against those who resolved not to own his authority, though the evidence of it was so full. How many resemble the Jews who murdered the prophets and crucified Christ, in their enmity to God, and aversion to his service, desiring to live according to their lusts, without control! Let all who are favoured with God's word, look to it that they make proper use of their advantages. Awful will be the doom, both of those who…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17The stone … cornerstone: Jesus quoted Psalm 118:22 to predict that he would be rejected and later restored to honor. The cornerstone was the most important stone in a building because it helped support and align the walls. Jesus was rejected by the builders, meaning the religious leaders, but he would become the foundation of a new building, the church.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1917-19. written--(in Psa 118:22, 23. See on Lu 19:38). The Kingdom of God is here a Temple, in the erection of which a certain stone, rejected as unsuitable by the spiritual builders, is, by the great Lord of the House, made the keystone of the whole. On that Stone the builders were now "falling" and being "broken" (Is 8:15), "sustaining great spiritual hurt; but soon that Stone should fall upon them and grind them to powder" (Da 2:34, 35; Zec 12:3)--in…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 20:17

• Church
• Cornerstone
• Instruction
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions
• Reproof
• Stones

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Commentaries on Luke 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings