6 The owner had a son he loved very much. Finally, he sent his son to the renters because he thought they would respect him.
7 But they said to themselves, “Someday he will own this vineyard. Let's kill him! That way we can have it all for ourselves.”
8 So they grabbed the owner's son, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.
9 Jesus asked, “What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? He will come and kill those renters and let someone else have his vineyard.
10 You surely know that the Scriptures say,‘The stone the builderstossed asideis now the most importantstone of all.
11 This is somethingthe Lord has done,and it is amazing to us.’ ”
12 The leaders knew that Jesus was really talking about them, and they wanted to arrest him. But because they were afraid of the crowd, they let him alone and left.