mnt - Matthew:21:33-46

mnt@Matthew:21:33 @ "Listen to another parable. "A man who was a householder planted a vineyard, fenced it about, dug a wine vat in it, built a tower, then rented it to vine-dressers and went abroad.

mnt@Matthew:21:35 @ "And the vine-dressers seized his slaves, flogged one, killed another, and stoned a third.

mnt@Matthew:21:36 @ "Again he sent other slaves, a larger number than at first, and they treated them in the same way.

mnt@Matthew:21:37 @ "And last he sent his son to them; Surely they will respect my son, he said.

mnt@Matthew:21:38 @ "But when the vine-dressers saw his son, they said to themselves. "This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

mnt@Matthew:21:39 @ "So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

mnt@Matthew:21:40 @ "When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?"

mnt@Matthew:21:41 @ "He will utterly destroy those wretches," they answered, "and will entrust his vineyard to other vine-dressers, who will pay back the fruits to him in their season."

mnt@Matthew:21:42 @ "Have you never read in the Scriptures," Jesus answered, "how The stone that the builders rejected Has been made the corner-stone; This is the Lords doing, It is wonderful in our eyes?

mnt@Matthew:21:43 @ "I tell you that for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation that does produce the fruit of it.

mnt@Matthew:21:44 @ "He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but he upon whom it falls will be scattered as dust."

mnt@Matthew:21:45 @ As they listened to his parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees recognized that he was speaking about them;

mnt@Matthew:21:46 @ but although they longed to apprehend him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.