Luke 20:9–19

⁹And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time. ¹⁰And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent him away empty. ¹¹And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent him away empty. ¹²And again he sent a third; and they, having wounded him also, cast him out. ¹³And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will respect him. ¹⁴But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours. ¹⁵And having cast him forth out of the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be! ¹⁷But 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? ¹⁸Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder. ¹⁹And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.