[20:9] Then Jesus told the people this parable: “There was once a man who planted a vineyard, rented it out to tenants, and then left home for a long time.
[20:10] When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent a slave to the tenants to receive from them his share of the harvest. But the tenants beat the slave and sent him back without a thing.
[20:11] So he sent another slave; but the tenants beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him back without a thing.
[20:12] Then he sent a third slave; the tenants wounded him, too, and threw him out.
[20:13] Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my own dear son; surely they will respect him!’
[20:14] But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, ‘This is the owner's son. Let's kill him, and his property will be ours!’
[20:15] So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. “What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to the tenants?” Jesus asked.
[20:16] “He will come and kill those men, and turn the vineyard over to other tenants.” When the people heard this, they said, “Surely not!”
[20:17] Jesus looked at them and asked, “What, then, does this scripture mean? ‘The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.’
[20:18] Everyone who falls on that stone will be cut to pieces; and if that stone falls on someone, that person will be crushed to dust.”