¹⁸ And I tell you, ^(A)you are Peter, and ^(B)on this rock^[a] I will build my church, and ^(C)the gates of ^(D)hell^[b] shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹ I will give you ^(E)the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and ^(F)whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed^[c] in heaven.”

The Parable of the Two Sons

^28 (A)“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in ^(B)the vineyard today.’ ²⁹ And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he ^(C)changed his mind and went. ³⁰ And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, ^(D)the tax collectors and ^(E)the prostitutes go into ^(F)the kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came to you ^(G)in the way of righteousness, and ^(H)you did not believe him, but ^(I)the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward ^(J)change your minds and believe him.

The Parable of the Tenants

^33 (K)“Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted ^(L)a vineyard ^(M)and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and ^(N)leased it to tenants, and ^(O)went into another country. ³⁴ When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants^[a] to the tenants ^(P)to get his fruit. ^35 (Q)And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and ^(R)stoned another. ^36 (S)Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. ³⁷ Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ ³⁸ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ^(T)‘This is the heir. Come, ^(U)let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ ³⁹ And they took him and ^(V)threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. ^40 (W)When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” ⁴¹ They said to him, ^(X)“He will put those wretches to a miserable death and ^(Y)let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

⁴² Jesus said to them, ^(Z)“Have you never read in the Scriptures:

⁴³ Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God ^(AB)will be taken away from you and given to a people ^(AC)producing its fruits. ⁴⁴ And ^(AD)the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and ^(AE)when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”^[c]

⁴⁵ When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.

²² And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for ^(A)the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

³¹ And ^(A)he will send out his angels with a loud ^(B)trumpet call, and they will ^(C)gather ^(D)his elect from ^(E)the four winds, ^(F)from one end of heaven to the other.

³⁴ Then ^(A)the King will say to ^(B)those on his right, ‘Come, you ^(C)who are blessed by my Father, ^(D)inherit ^(E)the kingdom ^(F)prepared for you ^(G)from the foundation of the world.