Matthew
Chapters 21:36-42
New International Version Anglicized
36Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them in the same way.
37Last of all, he sent his son to them. “They will respect my son,” he said.
38‘But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.”
39So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40‘Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?’
41‘He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,’ they replied, ‘and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.’
42Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the Scriptures:‘ “The stone the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone;the Lord has done this,and it is marvellous in our eyes”?