Luk 20:1-19 | ESV | STEP | One day , as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel , the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up

1 ^aOne day, ^bas Jesus ^{▼▼Greek he} was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, ^dthe chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up 2 and said to him, “Tell us ^eby what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.” 3 He answered them, “I also will ask you a question. Now tell me, 4 was the baptism of John ^ffrom heaven or from man?” 5 And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ^g‘Why did you not believe him?’ 6 But if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was ^ha prophet.” 7 So they answered that they did not know where it came from. 8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

9 ⁱAnd he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted ^ja vineyard and ^klet it out to tenants and ^lwent into another country for a long while. 10 When the time came, he sent a servant ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verse 11} to the tenants, so that ⁿthey would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. ^oBut the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 ^pAnd ^qhe sent another servant. But they also beat and ^rtreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 ^sAnd he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. 13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my ^tbeloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ^u‘This is the heir. ^vLet us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15 And they ^wthrew him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 ^xHe will ^ycome and destroy those tenants and ^zgive the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!” 17 But he ^aalooked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written:

^ab“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone’? ^{▼▼Greek the head of the corner}
18 ^adEveryone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls ^aeon anyone, it will crush him.”

Paying Taxes to Caesar

19 ^afThe scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.