Matthew 21:33-46 ▼

33 Hear another allegory: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and dug in it a winepress, and built a tower, and gave it out to farmers, and went abroad.

34 And when the season of the fruits came near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive the fruits of it,

35 and the farmers having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.

36 Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.

37 And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will respect my son;

38 and the farmers having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;

39 and having taken him, they cast [him] out of the vineyard, and killed him;

40 whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these farmers?”

41 They say to Him, “Evil men—he will grievously destroy them, and will give out the vineyard to other farmers who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.”

42 Jesus says to them, “Did you never read in the Writings: A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the LORD has this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes?

43 Because of this I say to you that the Kingdom of God will be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

44 and he who is falling on this stone will be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.”

45 And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard His allegories, knew that He speaks of them,

46 and seeking to lay hold on Him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding Him as a prophet.