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Acts 4:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the stone: Psalms 118:22-23; Isaiah 28:16; Matthew 21:42-45; Mark 12:10-12; Luke 20:16-18; 1 Peter 2:6-8

you: Acts 7:52, Acts 20:26-27; Proverbs 28:1; Isaiah 58:1-2; Ezekiel 2:6-7, Ezekiel 3:7-11, Ezekiel 3:18-19, Ezekiel 33:7-9; 2 Corinthians 3:12, 2 Corinthians 4:1

the head: Zechariah 3:9, Zechariah 4:6-7; Ephesians 2:20-22

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