40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers? ”
41 “He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told Him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at the harvest.”
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone. This came from the Lordand is wonderful in our eyes?
43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing its fruit.
44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whoever it falls, it will grind him to powder! ”
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they knew He was speaking about them.
46 Although they were looking for a way to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, because they regarded Him as a prophet.