Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

And said, This [fellow] said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A [certain] man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about [it,] and digged [a place for] the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days,

And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.

He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have [sufficient] to finish [it? ]

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

But Solomon built him an house.

Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place of my rest?

Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

He that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,