Luke 20:1-19

1And it cameG1096 to passG1096, on oneG1520 of the daysG2250, as he was teachingG1321 the peopleG2992 in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there cameG1096 upon him the chiefG749 priestsG749 and the scribesG1122 with the eldersG4245; 2and they spake, sayingG3004 unto him, TellG3004 us: By what authorityG1849 doest thou these thingsG3778? or who isG1510 he that gaveG1325 thee this authorityG1849? 3And he answeredG611 and saidG3004 unto them, I alsoG2532 will askG2065 you a question; and tellG3004 me: 4The baptismG908 of JohnG2491, wasG1510 it from heavenG3772, or from menG444? 5And they reasoned with themselves, sayingG3004, If we shall sayG3004, From heavenG3772; he will sayG3004, WhyG5101 did ye not believeG4100 him? 6But if we shall sayG3004, From menG444; all the peopleG2992 will stone us: for they areG1510 persuadedG3982 that JohnG2491 wasG1510 a prophetG4396. 7And they answeredG611, that they knew not whence it was. 8And JesusG2424 saidG3004 unto them, Neither tellG3004 I you by what authorityG1849 I do these thingsG3778.

9And he beganG757 to speakG3004 unto the peopleG2992 this parableG3850: A manG444 plantedG5452 a vineyardG290, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long timeG5550. 10And at the seasonG2540 he sentG649 unto the husbandmen a servantG1401, that they should giveG1325 him of the fruitG2590 of the vineyardG290: but the husbandmen beatG1194 him, and sentG649 him awayG1821 emptyG2756. 11And he sentG3992 yet another servantG1401: and him alsoG2532 they beatG1194, and handled him shamefully, and sentG3992 him awayG1821 emptyG2756. 12And he sentG3992 yet a thirdG5154: and him alsoG2532 they woundedG5135, and castG1544 him forth. 13And the lordG2962 of the vineyardG290 saidG3004, What shall I do? I will sendG3992 my belovedG27 sonG5207; it may be they will reverence him. 14But when the husbandmen sawG3708 him, they reasonedG1260 oneG240 with another, sayingG3004, This isG1510 the heirG2818; let us killG615 him, that the inheritanceG2817 may beG1510 ours. 15And they castG1544 him forth out of the vineyardG290, and killedG615 him. What thereforeG3767 will the lordG2962 of the vineyardG290 do unto them? 16He will comeG2064 and destroyG622 these husbandmen, and will giveG1325 the vineyardG290 unto othersG243. And when they heardG191 it, they saidG3004, God forbid. 17But he lookedG1689 upon them, and saidG3004, What thenG3767 isG1510 this that isG1510 writtenG1125,

18Every oneG3739 that falleth on that stoneG3037 shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fallG4098, it will scatter him as dust.

19And the scribesG1122 and the chiefG749 priestsG749 soughtG2212 to lay handsG5495 on him in that very hourG5610; and they fearedG5399 the peopleG2992: for they perceived that he spake this parableG3850 against them.