3 He was despised and was avoided by men,*+ a man meant for pains and for having acquaintance with sickness.+ And there was as if the concealing of one’s face from us.*+ He was despised, and we held him as of no account.+

10 Did YOU never read this scripture, ‘The stone+ that the builders rejected, this has become the chief cornerstone.+

17 But he looked upon them and said: “What, then, does this that is written mean, ‘The stone which the builders rejected,+ this has become the chief cornerstone’?+

4 Coming to him as to a living stone,+ rejected,+ it is true, by men,+ but chosen, precious, with God,+