37 "Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.
38 "But the renters saw the son coming. They said to each other, 'This is the one who will receive all the owner's property someday. Come, let's kill him. Then everything will be ours.'
39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard. Then they killed him.
40 "When the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those renters?"
41 "He will destroy those evil people," they replied. "Then he will rent the vineyard out to other renters. They will give him his share of the crop at harvest time."
42 Jesus said to them, "Haven't you ever read what the Scriptures say, " 'The stone the builders didn't accept has become the most important stone of all. The Lord has done it. It is wonderful in our eyes'? (Psalm 118:22,23)
43 "So here is what I tell you. The kingdom of God will be taken away from you. It will be given to people who will produce its fruit.