Luke 20 And he began to tell the people this parable:
"A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to tenants, and went into
another country for a long while. [10]
When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, that they should give him
some of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him, and sent him away
empty-handed. [11] And he sent another
servant; him also they beat and treated shamefully, and sent him away
empty-handed. [12] And he sent yet a
third; this one they wounded and cast out. [13] Then the owner of the vineyard said,
`What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will respect him.'
[14] But when the tenants saw him, they
said to themselves, `This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance
may be ours.' [15] And they cast him out
of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to
them? [16] He will come and destroy
those tenants, and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this,
they said, "God forbid!" [17]
But he looked at them and said, "What then is this that is written: `The
very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner'? [18]
Every one who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but when it falls
on any one it will crush him." [19]
The scribes and the chief priests tried
to lay hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people; for they
perceived that he had told this parable against them.
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