Matthew 21:38-45

38“But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’

39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

40Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”

41“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his fruit at the harvest.”

42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is what the Lord has done and it is wonderful in our eyes?

43Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.

44Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will shatter him.”

45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew he was speaking about them.