42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.A

This is what the Lord has done

and it is wonderful in our eyes?B,b

43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit. 44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces;c but on whomever it falls, it will shatter him.”C

45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables,d they knew he was speaking about them.