vw Matthew:21:33-46
vw@Matthew:21:33 @ Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.
vw@Matthew:21:34 @ Now when the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit.
vw@Matthew:21:35 @ And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.
vw@Matthew:21:36 @ Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.
vw@Matthew:21:37 @ Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son.
vw@Matthew:21:38 @ But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.
vw@Matthew:21:39 @ So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.
vw@Matthew:21:40 @ Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?
vw@Matthew:21:41 @ They said to Him, He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will deliver to him the fruits in their seasons.
vw@Matthew:21:42 @ Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. This was the LordÂ’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
vw@Matthew:21:43 @ Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
vw@Matthew:21:44 @ And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will crush him to pieces.
vw@Matthew:21:45 @ Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking of them.
vw@Matthew:21:46 @ But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they held Him as a prophet.