Luke 20:9–19

⁹Then began he to speak to the people this parable; ^eA certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a ^ffar country for a long time. ¹⁰And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. ¹¹And ^gagain he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. ¹²And ^gagain he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. ¹³Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. ¹⁴But when the husbandmen saw him, they ^hreasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. ¹⁵So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? ¹⁶He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, ⁱGod forbid. ¹⁷And he ^kbeheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, ^lThe stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? ¹⁸Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. ¹⁹And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour ^msought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.