<p>20:17 <i>But he looked upon them, and said: What then is this that is written- </i>Mt. 21:42 &quot;Did you never read in the scriptures&quot;. They spent their whole lives reading Scripture, and Ps. 118 was a well known Passover Hallel. But we can read and yet never really read as God intends.</p><p><i>The stone which the builders rejected- </i>The Lord would be &quot;rejected of the elders, chief priests and scribes&quot; (Mk. 8:31 s.w.); indeed, &quot;rejected by this generation&quot; (Lk. 17:25).</p><p><i>The same was made the headstone of the corner?</i>- If the builders rejected this stone, the implication is that another set of builders used it in another building, which became the temple of God. This is precisely the situation with the vineyard being taken away from the Jewish tenants and another group of workers being taken on. The quotation is seamlessly in context with the parable.</p>