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Jesus saw a group of the Sadducees and Pharisees making their way through the crowd, and he paused for a moment until they drew near him, then said:

Jesus saw a group of the Sadducees and Pharisees making their way through the crowd, and he paused for a moment until they drew near him, then said:

*"You know how your fathers rejected the prophets, and you well know that you are set in your hearts to reject the Son of Man. '''Did you never read in the Scripture about the stone that the builders rejected, and which, when the people had discovered it, was made into the cornerstone'''? And so once more do I warn you that, if you continue to reject this gospel, presently will the kingdom of God be taken away from you and be given to a people willing to receive the good news and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit. And there is a mystery about this stone, seeing that whoso falls upon it, while he is thereby broken in pieces, shall be saved; but on whomsoever this stone falls, he will be ground to dust and his ashes scattered to the four winds."

*"You know how your fathers rejected the prophets, and you well know that you are set in your hearts to reject the Son of Man. <u>Did you never read in the Scripture about the stone that the builders rejected, and which, when the people had discovered it, was made into the '''cornerstone'''?</u> And so once more do I warn you that, if you continue to reject this gospel, presently will the kingdom of God be taken away from you and be given to a people willing to receive the good news and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit. And there is a mystery about this stone, seeing that whoso falls upon it, while he is thereby broken in pieces, shall be saved; but on whomsoever this stone falls, he will be ground to dust and his ashes scattered to the four winds."

They greatly desired to lay hold on him then and there, but they feared the multitude.

They greatly desired to lay hold on him then and there, but they feared the multitude.