"How is it, then," Jesus replied, "that David, speaking under inspiration, calls him 'lord,' in the passage-

Have you never read this passage of Scripture?--'The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner- stone;

As to the dead, and the fact that they rise, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him thus--'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

And Jesus began: "This very day this passage has been fulfilled in your hearing."

But Jesus looked at them and said: "What then is the meaning of this passage?-- 'The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner-stone.'

As to the fact that the dead rise, even Moses indicated that, in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord--'The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

For, I tell you, that passage of Scripture must be fulfilled in me, which says--'He was counted among the godless'; indeed all that refers to me is finding its fulfillment."

Then, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them all through the Scriptures the passages that referred to himself.

Afterwards, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the passage of Scripture, and the words which Jesus had spoken.

Having found a young ass, Jesus seated himself on it, in accordance with the passage of Scripture--

And there is another passage which says--'They will look upon him whom they pierced.'

For they did not then understand the passage of Scripture which says that Jesus must rise again from the dead.

The passage of Scripture which he was reading was this--'Like a sheep, he was led away to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in the hands of its shearer, so he refrains from opening his lips.

Then Philip began, and, taking this passage as his text, told him the Good News about Jesus.

As the passage of Scripture says--'No one who believes in him shall have any cause for shame.'

But what does the passage of Scripture say? 'Send away the slave-woman and her son; for the slave's son shall not be co-heir with the son of the free woman.'

for, in a passage referring to the seventh day, you will find these words-- 'God rested upon the seventh day after all his work.'

On the other hand, we read in that passage-- ' They shall never enter upon my Rest.'

again God fixed a day. 'To-day,' he said, speaking after a long interval through the mouth of David, in the passage already quoted-- 'If to-day you hear God's voice harden not your hearts.'

Do you suppose there is no meaning in the passage of Scripture which asks--'Is envy to result from the longings of the Spirit which God has implanted within you?'

For there is a passage of Scripture that runs-- 'See, I am placing in Zion a choice and precious corner-stone; And he who believes in him shall have no cause for shame.'