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Luke 20:18
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be bruised: and upon whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Luke 20:18 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Luke 20:18 in other translations
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
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In context
15 So casting him out of the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and will destroy these husbandmen and will give the vineyard to others. Which they hearing, said to him: God forbid.
17 But 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?
18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be bruised: and upon whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
19 And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke this parable to them.
20 And being upon the watch, they sent spies, who should feign themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that they might deliver him up to the authority and power of the governor.
21 And they asked him, saying: Master, we know that thou speakest and teachest rightly: and thou dost not respect any person, but teachest the way of God in truth.
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