Matthew 21:33-46 - The Parable Of The Tenant Farmers In The Vineyard

³³ Hear another parable. There was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug in it a winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. ³⁴ And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive his fruits. ³⁵ And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants more than the first; and they dealt with them in the same manner. ³⁷ And afterward he sent to them his son, saying, They will respect my son.

³⁸ But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance. ³⁹ And they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. ⁴⁰ When therefore the lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do to those husbandmen?

⁴¹ They say to him, He will bring those wicked men to a miserable end, and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render him the fruits in their season.

⁴² Jesus saith to them, Did ye never read in the Scriptures, "The stone which the builders rejected, the same hath become the cornerstone; from the Lord did this come, and it is marvelous in our eyes?"

⁴³ Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof. ⁴⁴ (...)

⁴⁵ And the chief priests and the Pharisees when they heard his parables, knew that he was speaking of them. ⁴⁶ And they sought to seize him, but feared the multitudes, because they regarded him as a prophet.

¹ And he began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a winevat, and built a tower; and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. ² And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard. ³ And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away emptyhanded. ⁴ And again he sent to them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and treated shamefully. ⁵ And he sent another; and him they killed; and many others, beating some, and killing some.

⁶ Still he had one beloved son; he sent him last to them, saying, They will respect my son.

⁷ But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ⁸ And they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

⁹ What will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ And have ye not read this scripture: "The stone which the builders rejected, the same hath become the cornerstone; ¹¹ from the Lord did this come, and it is marvelous in our eyes"?

¹² And they sought to seize him, but feared the multitude; for they knew that he spoke the parable against them. And they left him, and went away.

⁹ And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time. ¹⁰ And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away emptyhanded. ¹¹ And he sent still another servant; and they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away emptyhanded. ¹² And he went on to send a third; and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

¹³ And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.

¹⁴ But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours. ¹⁵ So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What then will the lord of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard this, they said, God forbid!

¹⁷ But he, looking upon them, said, What then is this which is written, "The stone which the builders rejected, the same hath become the cornerstone"?

¹⁸ Every one who falleth upon that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falleth, it will grind him to powder.

¹⁹ And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that hour, but they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.