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<< The Word for Thursday, 23 October 2025

English Standard Version

Jesus asked the scribes and the elders:

What is this that is written: “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone”?

Luke 20:17

The word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:18

Luke 20 (English Standard Version)

14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’
15 And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.”
When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!”
17 But he looked directly at them and said,
“What then is this that is written:
“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone’?
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”
19 The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.
20 So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

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1 Corinthians 1 (English Standard Version)

15 so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name.
16 (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.)
17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
19 For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

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Free Bible Version

Jesus asked the chief priests and religious teachers:

Why is it written in the Scriptures, The stone the builders rejected has now become the chief cornerstone?

Luke 20:17

The message of the cross is nonsense to those who are lost, but it's the power of God to those of us who are saved.

1 Corinthians 1:18

Luke 20 (Free Bible Version)

14 But when they saw him coming, the farmers said to themselves, ‘This is the owner's heir. Let's kill him! That way we can take his inheritance.’
15 They threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and kill these farmers and let others have the vineyard.”
When they heard the story, they said, “May this never happen!”
17 But Jesus looked at them and said, “Then why is it written in the Scriptures, ‘The stone the builders rejected has now become the chief cornerstone’?
18 Anyone who falls on that stone will be broken in pieces; anyone it falls upon will be crushed.”
19 Immediately the religious teachers and the chief priests wanted to arrest him because they realized that the story Jesus told was aimed at them, but they were afraid of what the people would do.
20 Watching for an opportunity they sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They tried to catch Jesus out in something he said so they could hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

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1 Corinthians 1 (Free Bible Version)

15 so nobody can claim they were baptized in my name.
16 (Oh, and I also baptized the Stephanas family—I can't think of anyone else.)
17 For Christ didn't send me out to baptize, but to spread the good news, and not with eloquent human wisdom, otherwise the cross of Christ would be made powerless.
18 For the message of the cross is nonsense to those who are lost, but it's the power of God to those of us who are saved.
19 As Scripture says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will wipe out the cleverness of the clever.”
20 So how about the wise, the writers, and the philosophers of this age? Hasn't God turned the wisdom of this world into foolishness?
21 Since God in his wisdom allowed the world in its wisdom not to know God, it was God's gracious plan that by the foolishness of the good news those who trusted in him would be saved.

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