Mar 12:1-12, Luk 20:9-19 | ESV | STEP | And he began to speak to them in parables . A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower , and leased it to tenants and went into another country .

1 ^aAnd he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted ^ba vineyard ^cand put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and ^dleased it to tenants and ^ewent into another country. 2 When the season came, he sent a servant ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verse 4} to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 ^gAnd they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 ^hAgain ⁱhe sent to them another servant, and ^jthey struck him on the head and ^ktreated him shamefully. 5 ^lAnd he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. 6 He had still one other, ^ma beloved son. ⁿFinally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those tenants said to one another, ^o‘This is the heir. Come, ^plet us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 And they took him and killed him and ^qthrew him out of the vineyard. 9 What will the owner of the vineyard do? ^rHe will ^scome and destroy the tenants and ^tgive the vineyard to others. 10 ^uHave you not read ^vthis Scripture:

^w“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone; ^{▼▼Greek the head of the corner}
11 this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
12 And ^ythey were seeking to arrest him ^zbut feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they ^aaleft him and went away.

Luke 20:9-19

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

9 ^abAnd he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted ^aca vineyard and ^adlet it out to tenants and ^aewent 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 ^agthey would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. ^ahBut the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 ^aiAnd ^ajhe sent another servant. But they also beat and ^aktreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 ^alAnd 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 ^ambeloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ^an‘This is the heir. ^aoLet us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15 And they ^apthrew him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 ^aqHe will ^arcome and destroy those tenants and ^asgive the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!” 17 But he ^atlooked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written:

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

Paying Taxes to Caesar

19 ^ayThe 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.