Luke 19:40
19:40 He answered,
“I tell you, if they
keep silent, the very stones
will cry out!”
Joshua 4:3-8
4:3 Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests
stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”
4:4 Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.
4:5 Joshua told them, “Go in front of the ark of the Lord your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.
4:6 The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’
4:7 tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”
4:8 The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.
Matthew 8:11-12
8:11 I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
in the kingdom of heaven,
8:12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 21:43
21:43 For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Galatians 3:28-29
3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave
nor free, there is neither male nor female
– for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants,
heirs according to the promise.