38 “But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’
39 So they caught him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”
41 They said, “He will severely destroy those wicked men and rent his vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone.This is the Lord’s doing,and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 “Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing its fruits.
44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces. But on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”