Saying 66: The Rejected Stone
Show me the stone the builders rejected: that is the cornerstone.
Commentary
In the synoptics this is fused to the parable of the tenants. Thomas numbers it separately, a small structural detail that has carried a lot of weight in arguments about which version is earlier.
Parallels
Mark 12:10; Psalm 118:22; Acts 4:11
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