20:9 He went on to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.
20:10 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
20:11 He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed.
20:12 He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out.
20:13 "Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.'
20:14 "But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. 'This is the heir,' they said. 'Let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
20:15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
20:16 He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "May this never be!"
20:17 Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: " 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone '?
20:18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."