The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. This is Yahweh’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.
⛓ Read Psalm 118 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Quotation3
A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.
Explicit 'what is this that is written' citation: 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.' Verbatim LXX quotation (Ps 117:22), highest volume, and a recurrent early-Christian testimonium, perfectly coherent with the rejected-then-vindicated Son of the parable.
High confidenceMark 12:10-11 quotes verbatim from LXX Psalm 117(118): 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner; this was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes.' This is a formal citation introduced by 'Have you not read this Scripture,' and it functions as the parable's vindication of the slain son. The Volume and explicitness are maximal.
High confidenceJesus cites Psalm 118:22-23 verbatim (21:42): 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes,' interpreting the rejected/vindicated son as the rejected/exalted cornerstone (same Psalm 118 quoted at the entry, 21:9).
High confidence