Matthew 21:33-46

33“Listen to another parable. There was a master of a household who planted a vineyard. He put a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then He leased it to some tenant farmers and went on a journey.

34Now when fruit season drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

35But grabbing his servants, the tenants beat up one, killed another, and stoned still another.

36Again the master sent other servants, even more than the first, and they did the same thing to them.

37Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

38“But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir! Come on, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

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

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

41“He will bring those miserable men to a miserable end,” they said to Him, “and will lease the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the fruits in their seasons.”

42Yeshua said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures? ‘The stone which the builders rejected, this has become the chief cornerstone. This came from Adonai, and it is marvelous in our eyes.’

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

44Whoever falls on this stone will be shattered; but the one upon whom it falls, it will crush him.”

45When the ruling kohanim and Pharisees heard Yeshua’s parables, they realized He was talking about them.

46Although they were trying to seize Him, they feared the crowds, because they regarded Him as a prophet.