11
And again he sent another slave, and they beat him also and treated
him shamefully and sent
him away empty.
12
And again he sent a third, and they wounded him also and cast
him out.
13
Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence
him when they see him.
14
But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, let us kill him that the inheritance may be ours.
15
So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed
him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
16
He shall come and destroy these husbandmen and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard
it, they said, May it not be!
17
But he beheld them and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
18
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
19
And the princes of the priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him, for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them; but they feared the people.
20
And they watched
him and sent forth spies who feigned themselves just men that they might take hold of him as he was speaking, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
21
And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither dost thou accept the person
of any, but teachest the way of God with truth;