New International Version (NIV)
17Jesus looked directly at them and asked, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written:
“ ‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone’ ?
Luke 20:17
Luke 20:17 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
17But Jesus looked at them and said, “Then what is this statement that has been written:
‘A stone which the builders rejected,
This has become the chief cornerstone’?
Amplified Bible (AMP)
17But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is [the meaning of] this that is written:
‘The [very] Stone which the builders rejected,
this became the chief Cornerstone’? [Ps 118:22, 23]
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
17But 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’?
American Standard Version (ASV)
17But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written,
The stone which the builders rejected,
The same was made the head of the corner?
Geneva Bible (GNV)
17And he beheld them, and said, What meaneth this then that is written, The stone that the builders refused, that is made the head of the corner?
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
17But he looked at them and said, “Then what is this that is written,
‘The stone which the builders rejected
was made the chief cornerstone’?
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
17Jesus looked right at them and said, “Here is something I want you to explain the meaning of. It is written,
“ ‘The stone the builders didn’t accept
has become the most important stone of all.’ (Psalm 118:22)
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
17Jesus then looked at the people and he said, ‘You say that this must not happen. But you have read this in the Bible and you should know what it means:
“The builders refused to use a certain stone.
They thought that it had no value.
But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
17And He, having looked on them, said, “What, then, is this that has been written: A stone that the builders rejected—this became head of a corner?