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Luke 20

Luke 20:17

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants · Luke 20:9–18
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Translations

Modern
But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
Traditional
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?
Literal
But having looked at them, He said, “What then is this that has been written: ‘The stone that those building rejected, this became the head of the corner’?
Latin
Ille autem aspiciens eos, ait: Quid est ergo hoc quod scriptum est: Lapidem quem reprobaverunt ædificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli?

Original

Greek
English
But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

Notes

Luke 20:17

The 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.

Luke 20:9–19

This story adapts Isaiah’s Song of the Vineyard (Isaiah 5:1–7) to describe the rejection of Jesus by Israel’s leaders. In Isaiah’s story, the vineyard owner represents God, and the vineyard represents Israel, which failed to produce good fruit and would be judged.

Jesus added new characters to the story. The tenant farmers represent Israel’s unrighteous leaders, the servants represent the Old Testament prophets who were repeatedly rejected, and the son represents Jesus. God would judge Israel’s leaders for rejecting and killing his Son.

Luke 20:1–47

In this series of controversies between Jesus and the religious leaders of Jerusalem, they repeatedly questioned and challenged him, and he repeatedly outmatched them with his spiritual wisdom, insight, and authority.

Events

Parallels

Matthew 21:33–46 Mark 12:1–12

Glossary

Cornerstone Luke, Gospel of Scribe Vines, Vineyard

Topics

Church: Christ, Head of Cornerstone of Christ Instruction in Religion Jesus, the Christ: Parable of The Evil Sharecroppers Jesus, the Christ: Rejected Jesus, the Christ: The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen (In Jerusalem) Reproof: Faithfulness In of the Vineyard Stones of Christ's Rejection, the Rejected Conerstone