⁹Now^c he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard,^d leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time. ¹⁰At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ¹¹He sent yet another servant, but they beat that one too, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. ¹²And he sent yet a third, but they wounded this one too and threw him out.

¹³“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved^e son. Perhaps^C they will respect him.’

¹⁴“But when the tenant farmers saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, so that the inheritance will be ours.’^f ¹⁵So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

“What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶He will come and kill^g those farmers and give the vineyard to others.”

But when they heard this they said, “That must never happen!”^h

¹⁷But he looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture:^Aⁱ

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone?^B^j

¹⁸Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will shatter him.”^k

¹⁹Then the scribes and the chief priests^l looked for a way to get their hands on him^m that very hour, because they knew he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.ⁿ

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Footnotes

COther add when they see him
A “What then is this that is written

Cross references

c Mt 21:33–46; Mk 12:1–12
d Is 5:1–7
e Mt 17:5; Lk 3:22
f Lk 16:16
g Lk 19:27
h Rm 3:4; 1Co 6:15; Gl 2:17
i Lk 4:17; 18:31; 21:22,37; 24:44
B Ps 118:22
j Ps 118:22; Ac 4:11; Eph 2:20; 1Pt 2:4–7
k Is 8:14–15; Dn 2:34–35,44–45; Rm 9:32–33; 1Pt 2:8
l Mt 2:4; 20:18; 21:15; Lk 22:2; 23:10
m Lk 19:47; 21:12
n Lk 22:2