and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:

He will give His angels orders concerning you,
and they will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone.”

Then Jesus told him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written:

Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only Him.”

What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago!

But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

When Jesus left there, He withdrew to the area of Tyre and Sidon.

But He turned and told Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns, but man’s.”

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This came from the Lord
and is wonderful in our eyes?

[Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whoever it falls, it will grind him to powder!]”

Then He replied to them, “Don’t you see all these things? I assure you: Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”

and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.

Then they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting the guard.

Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.

He was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels began to serve Him.

Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him because they heard about everything He was doing.

So He summoned them and spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

And if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is finished!

These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.

He got up and departed from there to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but He could not escape notice.

Again, leaving the region of Tyre, He went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis.

But turning around and looking at His disciples, He rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan, because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns, but man’s!”

All of a sudden, when the whole crowd saw Him, they were amazed and ran to greet Him.

Haven’t you read this Scripture:

The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.

Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”

After he bought some fine linen, he took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. Then he placed Him in a tomb cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?”

Looking up, they observed that the stone—which was very large—had been rolled away.

The Devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

and
they will support you with their hands,
so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone.”

Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them—but to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

After coming down with them, He stood on a level place with a large crowd of His disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes!

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a lightning flash.

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

Satan has bound this woman, a daughter of Abraham, for 18 years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

But He looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture:

The stone that the builders rejected—
this has become the cornerstone?

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and if it falls on anyone, it will grind him to powder!”

“These things that you see—the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down!”

Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, who was numbered among the Twelve.

“Simon, Simon, look out! Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.

Then He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray,

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained 20 or 30 gallons.

In the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do You say?”

When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, “The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone Him.

“Rabbi,” the disciples told Him, “just now the Jews tried to stone You, and You’re going there again?”

Then Jesus, angry in Himself again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.

“Remove the stone,” Jesus said.

Martha, the dead man’s sister, told Him, “Lord, he’s already decaying. It’s been four days.”

So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You heard Me.

After Judas ate the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Therefore Jesus told him, “What you’re doing, do quickly.”

When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside. He sat down on the judge’s bench in a place called the Stone Pavement (but in Hebrew Gabbatha).

On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

This Jesus is

the stone rejected by you builders,
which has become the cornerstone.

Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?

Then the commander went with the temple police and brought them in without force, because they were afraid the people might stone them.

They threw him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to assault and stone them,

Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’

The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

As it is written:

Look! I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,
yet the one who believes on Him
will not be put to shame.

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

turn that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.

Do not deprive one another sexually—except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

I have done this so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.

It is clear that you are Christ’s letter, produced by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God—not on stone tablets but on tablets that are hearts of flesh.

And no wonder! For Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so I would not exalt myself.

So we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.

When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains come on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,

Hymenaeus and Alexander are among them, and I have delivered them to Satan, so that they may be taught not to blaspheme.

For some have already turned away to follow Satan.

Coming to Him, a living stone—rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God—

For it is contained in Scripture:

Look! I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and honored cornerstone,
and the one who believes in Him
will never be put to shame!

So honor will come to you who believe, but for the unbelieving,

The stone that the builders rejected—
this One has become the cornerstone,

and

A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over.

They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.

I know your affliction and poverty, yet you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

I know where you live—where Satan’s throne is! And you are holding on to My name and did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of Antipas, My faithful witness who was killed among you, where Satan lives.

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.

I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who haven’t known the deep things of Satan—as they say—I do not put any other burden on you.

Take note! I will make those from the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews and are not, but are lying—note this—I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.

and the One seated looked like jasper and carnelian stone. A rainbow that looked like an emerald surrounded the throne.

The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk.

So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.

Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying:

In this way, Babylon the great city
will be thrown down violently
and never be found again.

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for 1,000 years.

When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison

arrayed with God’s glory. Her radiance was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright as crystal.

The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone:

the first foundation jasper,
the second sapphire,
the third chalcedony,
the fourth emerald,