17Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: " 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone ' ?


In Context

14 "But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. 'This is the heir,' they said. 'Let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

16 "What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "May this never be!"

17 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 capstone ' ?

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

19 The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

Luke 20:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:17And 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?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:17But he looking on them, said: What is this then that is written, The stone, which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:17But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17But 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?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:17But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17And 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?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17But he looked at them, and said, |Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief cornerstone?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17and he, having looked upon them, said, 'What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected — this became head of a corner?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:17And 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?