18Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.


In Context

15 And having cast him forth out of the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?

16 He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be!

17 But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone?

18 Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.

19 And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.

20 And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

Luke 20:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:18Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:18Whosoever shall fall upon that stone, shall be bruised: and upon whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:18Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:18Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18Whoever shall fall upon that stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:18Whoever shall fall on that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.