Luke 20:9–19

Parable of the Vineyard Owner

Matt. 21:33–44; Mark 12:1–11

⁹Then He began to tell the people this parable: ^e“A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to ²vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time. ¹⁰Now at ³vintage-time he ^fsent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ¹¹Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. ¹²And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out.

¹³“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect him when they see him.’ ¹⁴But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the ^gheir. Come, ^hlet us kill him, that the inheritance may be ⁱours.’ ¹⁵So they cast him out of the vineyard and ^jkilled him. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to ^kothers.”

And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!”

¹⁷Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:

^l‘The stone which the builders rejected

Has become the chief cornerstone’?

¹⁸Whoever falls on that stone will be ^mbroken; but ⁿon whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”

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Matt. 21:45, 46; 22:15–22; Mark 12:12–17

¹⁹And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they ⁴feared the people—for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.