To decide that someone or something is not good or true and should not be accepted.
Key References
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
“The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
All Scripture References (9)
Matthew (1)
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
Mark (2)
Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.
Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Luke (3)
“The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
But 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’?
Hebrews (1)
For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
1 Peter (2)
As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”