Luke 20:9-19
Parable of the Vine-growers
9 aBut He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to ▼▼Or tenant farmers, also vv 10, 14, 16
vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. 10 At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him his share of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 And he proceeded to send another slave; but they beat him also and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 And he proceeded to send a third; but this one too they wounded and threw out. 13 Now the ▼▼Lit lord
owner of the vineyard said, ‘What am I to do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will drespect him.’ 14 But when the vine-growers saw him, they discussed with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’ 15 And so they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the ▼▼Lit lord
owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 He will come and fput these vine-growers to death, and will give the vineyard to others.” However, when they heard this, they said, “ gMay it never happen!” 17But ▼▼Lit He
Jesus looked at them and said, “Then what is this statement that has been written: ‘ iA stone which the builders rejected,
This has become jthe ▼
▼Lit head of the corner
chief cornerstone’? 18 lEveryone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”
Paying Taxes to Caesar
19 The scribes and the chief priests mtried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and yet they feared the people; for they were aware that He had spoken this parable against them.
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