Matthew 21:44

The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.” ¹ 

Ps 2:9; Ps 2:12; Ps 21:8,9; Ps 110:5,6; Isa 8:14,15; Isa 60:12; Da 2:34,35,44,45; Zec 12:3; Mt 26:24; Mt 27:25; Lu 20:18; Joh 19:11; Ro 9:33; 2Co 4:3,4; 1Th 2:16; Heb 2:2,3; 1Pe 2:8

¹ tc A few witnesses, especially of the Western text (D 33 it sy^s Or Eus^syr), do not contain 21:44. However, the verse is found in א B C L W Z (Θ) 0102 Ë^1,13 Ï lat sy^c,p,h co and should be included as authentic.

tn Grk “on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”

sn This proverb basically means that the stone crushes, without regard to whether it falls on someone or someone falls on it. On the stone as a messianic image, see Isa 28:16 and Dan 2:44-45.