Luke 20:9–19

Parable of the Vine-growers

^9aAnd He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to ¹vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.

¹⁰“At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

¹¹“And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.

¹²“And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out.

¹³“The ¹owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will ^arespect him.’

¹⁴“But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’

¹⁵“So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the ¹owner of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁶“He will come and ^adestroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard it, they said, “^bMay it never be!”

¹⁷But ¹Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:

‘^aThe stone which the builders rejected,

This became ^bthe chief corner stone’?

¹⁸“^aEveryone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”

Tribute to Caesar

¹⁹The scribes and the chief priests ^atried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them.