11 So the owner sent another servant, but they also insulted him, beat him up, and sent him away empty-handed.
12 A third man was sent, and they wounded him and chased him away.
13 “‘What will I do?’ the owner asked himself. ‘I know! I’ll send my cherished son. Surely they will respect him.’
14 “But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they said to each other, ‘Here comes the heir to this estate. Let’s kill him and get the estate for ourselves!’
15 So they dragged him out of the vineyard and murdered him.“What do you suppose the owner of the vineyard will do to them?” Jesus asked.
16 “I’ll tell you—he will come and kill those farmers and lease the vineyard to others.”“How terrible that such a thing should ever happen,” his listeners protested.
17 Jesus looked at them and said, “Then what does this Scripture mean?‘The stone that the builders rejectedhas now become the cornerstone.’