Matthew 21:40

Matthew 21:33-46

³³Hear another parable. There was a man, a master of a house, who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower, and leased it to tenant farmers and went away on a journey. ³⁴And when the season of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the tenant farmers to receive his fruit. ³⁵And the tenant farmers took his slaves and one they beat, another they killed, another they stoned. ³⁶Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they did to them the same. ³⁷And finally he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ ³⁸But the tenant farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ ³⁹And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. ⁴⁰So when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenant farmers?” ⁴¹They say to him, “He will destroy those wretches wretchedly, and lease the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will give him the fruits in their seasons.” ⁴²Jesus says to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone that the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner; this came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? ⁴³Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing its fruits. ⁴⁴And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will crush him.” ⁴⁵And when the high priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them. ⁴⁶And although they were seeking to seize him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.

Mark 12:1-12

¹And he began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenant farmers and went away on a journey. ²And at the season he sent a slave to the tenants, so that he might receive from the tenants some of the fruit of the vineyard. ³And they took him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴And again he sent to them another slave; and that one they struck on the head and treated shamefully. ⁵And he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating and some killing. ⁶He still had one, a beloved son; he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ ⁷But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ ⁸And they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. ⁹What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone that the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner; ¹¹this came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?” ¹²And they were seeking to seize him, and they feared the crowd; for they knew that he had told the parable against them. And leaving him, they went away.

Luke 20:9-19

⁹And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad for a long time. ¹⁰And at the harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ¹¹And he went on to send another slave; but they beat that one too and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed. ¹²And he went on to send a third; but they wounded this one also and threw him out. ¹³And the master of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ ¹⁴But when the tenants saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him, so that the inheritance may become ours.’ ¹⁵And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the master of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶He will come and destroy these tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when they heard this, they said, “By no means!” ¹⁷But he looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone that the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner’? ¹⁸Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.” ¹⁹And the scribes and the high priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour, but they feared the people; for they knew that he had told this parable against them.