Matthew 21:40-46 ▼

40 What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?”

41 They answered him, “He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times.”

42 Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes’?

43 Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.

44 [ The one who falls on this stone will be dashed to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.]”

45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them.

46 And although they were attempting to arrest him, they feared the crowds, for they regarded him as a prophet.