Luke 20:1-18

1And it cameG1096 to passG1096 on oneG1520 of the daysG2250, as he was teachingG1321 the peopleG2992 in the temple, and announcing the glad tidings, the chiefG749 priestsG749 and the scribesG1122 with the eldersG4245 cameG1096 up,

2and spokeG3004 to him sayingG3004, TellG3004 us by what authorityG1849 thou doest these thingsG3778, or who isG1510 it who has givenG1325 thee this authorityG1849?

3And he answeringG611 saidG3004 to them, I alsoG2532 will askG2065 you [one] thing, and tellG3004 me:

4The baptismG908 of JohnG2491, wasG1510 it of heavenG3772 or of menG444?

5And they reasoned among themselves, sayingG3004, If we should sayG3004, Of heavenG3772, he will sayG3004, WhyG5101 have ye not believedG4100 him?

6but if we should sayG3004, Of menG444, the whole peopleG2992 will stone us, for they areG1510 persuadedG3982 that JohnG2491 wasG1510 a prophetG4396.

7And they answeredG611, they did not know whence.

8And JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, Neither do I tellG3004 you by what authorityG1849 I do these thingsG3778.

9And he beganG757 to speakG3004 to the peopleG2992 this parableG3850: A manG444 plantedG5452 a vineyardG290 and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long timeG5550.

10And in the seasonG2540 he sentG649 to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might giveG1325 to him of the fruitG2590 of the vineyardG290; but the husbandmen, having beatenG1194 him, sentG649 [him] awayG1821 emptyG2756.

11And again he sentG3992 another bondman; but they, having beatenG1194 him alsoG2532, and cast insult upon him, sentG3992 [him] awayG1821 emptyG2756.

12And again he sentG3992 a thirdG5154; and they, having woundedG5135 him alsoG2532, castG1544 [him] out.

13And the lordG2962 of the vineyardG290 saidG3004, What shall I do? I will sendG3992 my belovedG27 sonG5207: perhaps when they see him they will respectG1788 [him].

14But when the husbandmen sawG3708 him, they reasonedG1260 among themselves, sayingG3004, This isG1510 the heirG2818; [comeG1096,] let us killG615 him, that the inheritanceG2817 may becomeG1096 ours.

15And having castG1544 him forth out of the vineyardG290, they killedG615 [him]. What thereforeG3767 shall the lordG2962 of the vineyardG290 do to them?

16He will comeG2064 and destroyG622 those husbandmen, and will giveG1325 the vineyardG290 to othersG243. And when they heardG191 it they saidG3004, May it neverG3361 be!

17But he lookingG1689 at them saidG3004, What thenG3767 isG1510 this that isG1510 writtenG1125, The stoneG3037 which they that builded rejectedG593, this has becomeG1096 the corner-stone?

18Every oneG3739 fallingG4098 on this stoneG3037 shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fallG4098, it shall grind him to powder.