Luke 20:1-18

11On one of the days while 2He was teaching the people in the temple and 3preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders 4confronted Him, 2and they spoke, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?” 3Jesus answered and said to them, “I will also ask you a 5question, and you tell Me: 4Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?” 5They reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’ 6But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a 6prophet.” 7So they answered that they did not know where it came from. 8And Jesus said to them, “Nor 7will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

98And He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to 9vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. 10At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed. 12And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out. 13The 10owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will 11respect him.’ 14But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’ 15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the 12owner of the vineyard do to them? 16He will come and 13destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard it, they said, “14May it never be!” 17But 15Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘16The stone which the builders rejected, This became 17the chief corner stone’? 1818Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”