And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?

But he looking on them, said: What is this then that is written, The stone, which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone?

and he, having looked upon them, said, 'What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected, this became head of a corner?

He looked at them and said, "What then does that mean which is written, "'The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the cornerstone'?

But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?

Then, gazing at them, he said: "Then what does this mean, which is written: 'The stone which the builders have rejected, the same has become the head of the corner?'

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

And he beheld them,.... Looked very earnestly and wistly at them, speaking as it were by his looks, signifying, that verily so it would be, as he had said; that they would reject the Messiah, and put him to death, and bring utter ruin upon themselves, and deprive their posterity of many advantages and privileges:
and said, what is this then that is written; that is, what else is the meaning of such a Scripture? is not the sense of that perfectly agreeable to what has been said, that the Messiah shall be rejected by the principal men among the Jews in church and state, and yet he shall be exalted, who will then take vengeance on them?
the stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? The passage is in Psalm 118:22. See Gill on Matthew 21:42.

written--(in Psalm 118:22-23. See on Luke 19:38). The Kingdom of God is here a Temple, in the erection of which a certain stone, rejected as unsuitable by the spiritual builders, is, by the great Lord of the House, made the keystone of the whole. On that Stone the builders were now "falling" and being "broken" (Isaiah 8:15), "sustaining great spiritual hurt; but soon that Stone should fall upon them and grind them to powder" (Daniel 2:34-35; Zac 12:3) --in their corporate capacity in the tremendous destruction of Jerusalem, but personally, as unbelievers, in a more awful sense still.

He looked on them - To sharpen their attention. Psalm 118:22.