7 “But those workers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
8 So they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
9 “What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the workers and give the vineyard to others.
10 Have you never read the Scripture passage:‘The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone.
11 The Lord has done this,and it is amazing for us to see’?”
12 They wanted to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. They knew that he had directed this illustration at them. So they left him alone and went away.
13 The leaders sent some of the Pharisees and some of Herod’s followers to Jesus. They wanted to trap him into saying the wrong thing.