Zec 1:3-6, 7:9-13, Mar 12:2-5, Luk 20:10-19 | ESV | STEP | Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts : Return to me, says the Lord of hosts , and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts .

3 Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: ^aReturn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and ^bI will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. 4 ^cDo not be like your fathers, ^dto whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^eReturn from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But ^fthey did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. 5 Your fathers, where are they? And ^gthe prophets, do they live forever? 6 ^hBut my words and my statutes, which I commanded ⁱmy servants the prophets, did they not ^jovertake your fathers? So they repented and said, ^k‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for ^lour ways and ^mdeeds, so has he dealt with us.’”

Zechariah 7:9-13

9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ⁿRender true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, 10 ^odo not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, ^por the poor, and ^qlet none of you devise evil against another in your heart.” 11 But ^rthey refused to pay attention ^sand turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear. ^{▼▼Hebrew and made their ears too heavy to hear} 12 ^uThey made their hearts diamond-hard ^vlest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent ^wby his Spirit through ^xthe former prophets. ^yTherefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. 13 ^z“As I ^{▼▼Hebrew he} called, and they would not hear, ^abso they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts,

Mark 12:2-5

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 ^adAnd they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 ^aeAgain ^afhe sent to them another servant, and ^agthey struck him on the head and ^ahtreated him shamefully. 5 ^aiAnd he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed.

Luke 20:10-19

10 When the time came, he sent a servant ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verse 11} to the tenants, so that ^akthey would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. ^alBut the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 ^amAnd ^anhe sent another servant. But they also beat and ^aotreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 ^apAnd 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 ^aqbeloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ^ar‘This is the heir. ^asLet us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15 And they ^atthrew him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 ^auHe will ^avcome and destroy those tenants and ^awgive the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!” 17 But he ^axlooked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written:

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

Paying Taxes to Caesar

19 ^bcThe 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.