Luke 20:5-15

5 And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, ¹'Why did you not believe him?'

6 But if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was ²a prophet."

7 So they answered that they did not know where it came from.

8 And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

9 ³And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted ⁴a vineyard and ⁵let it out to tenants and ⁶went into another country for a long while.

10 When the time came, he sent a servant^[a] to the tenants, so that ⁷they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. ⁸But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

11 ⁹And ¹⁰he sent another servant. But they also beat and ¹¹treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

12 ¹²And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out.

13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my ¹³beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ¹⁴'This is the heir. ¹⁵Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.'

15 And they ¹⁶threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?